diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index bf25e9b115..89ca15a32c 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/hack/tools v0.0.0-20211111175208-4cc2fce2111a
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20211110210527-619e6b92dab9
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.17.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4 v4.5.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.2
 )
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
 	github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign v0.0.0-20210914165742-4cc7213b9bc8 // indirect
 	github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.7.1 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index d9fcd6538c..ae53536755 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1/go.mod h1:T9E3cAhj2VqvPOtCYAvby9aBXkZ
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0/go.mod h1:+vhtPC754Xsa23ID7GlGsrdKBpUA79WCAKPPZVC2DeU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.4.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0 h1:ksErzDEI1khOiGPgpwuI7x2ebx/uXQNw7xJpn9Eq1+I=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
@@ -515,6 +516,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210601050228-01bbb1931b22/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLe
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210609004039-a478d1d731e9/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
+github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 h1:SJ+NtwL6QaZ21U+IrK7d0gGgpjGGvd2kz+FzTHVzdqI=
+github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2/go.mod h1:Tv1PlzqC9t8wNnpPdctvtSUOPUUg4SHeE6vR1Ir2hmg=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
 github.com/google/trillian v1.3.11/go.mod h1:0tPraVHrSDkA3BO6vKX67zgLXs6SsOAbHEivX+9mPgw=
@@ -1895,6 +1898,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 v1.0.25/go.mod h1:V/YB90LKu/1FcN3WVnfiiE5oMCibMjukxqG/qStrOgw=
@@ -2002,8 +2006,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1 h1:fsnXNyvliKA
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1/go.mod h1:h59umkqeBKj3TNpLmLoqDCwXDcbN+mkhQzlNjoUDJ3I=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 h1:fD1pz4yfdADVNfFmcP2aBEtudwUQ1AlLnRBALr33v3s=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0 h1:LFynXwQkH1MrWI8pM1FQty0oUwEKjU5EkMaVZaPld8E=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0/go.mod h1:EcgDSBVxz8Bvm19fx8xkioFrf9dC30fMJdOTXBSGNoM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.17.0 h1:CScmGz/wX66puA06Gj8OZb76Wmk7JIjgWf5JDvY7msM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.17.0/go.mod h1:Qqp8AiwOlMZmJWs37Hgs31xcbiYXjtXlRBSftcnZXQk=
 sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/docs/book/utils v0.0.0-20211028165026-57688c578b5d h1:KLiQzLW3RZJR19+j4pw2h5iioyAyqCkDBEAFdnGa3N8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/docs/book/utils v0.0.0-20211028165026-57688c578b5d/go.mod h1:NRdZafr4zSCseLQggdvIMXa7umxf+Q+PJzrj3wFwiGE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0 h1:9kDUe94bgFaTJwPaHC3mdlcw/PfWupSKov1iGcKSlSw=