diff --git a/test/e2e/config/docker.yaml b/test/e2e/config/docker.yaml
index 1306ac4ad066..800b9cdee568 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/docker.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/docker.yaml
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ variables:
   # allowing the same e2e config file to be re-used in different Prow jobs e.g. each one with a K8s version permutation.
   # The following Kubernetes versions should be the latest versions with already published kindest/node images.
   # This avoids building node images in the default case which improves the test duration significantly.
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT: "v1.34.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.34.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_CHAINED_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.30.0" # Should always be KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO - 4 minor
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.33.4"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.34.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT: "v1.35.0-beta.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.35.0-beta.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_CHAINED_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.31.0" # Should always be KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO - 4 minor
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.34.2"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.35.0-beta.0"
   KUBERNETES_VERSION_LATEST_CI: "ci/latest-1.35"
-  ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "3.6.4-0"
-  COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.12.1"
+  ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "3.6.5-0"
+  COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.13.1"
   DOCKER_SERVICE_DOMAIN: "cluster.local"
   IP_FAMILY: "dual"
   DOCKER_SERVICE_CIDRS: "10.128.0.0/12"
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/machine-pool.yaml b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/machine-pool.yaml
index 368a673d2584..2efce8492487 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/machine-pool.yaml
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/machine-pool.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
 spec:
   replicas: 1
-  version: v1.34.0
+  version: v1.35.0-beta.0
   machineTemplate:
     spec:
       infrastructureRef:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 2
   template:
     spec:
-      version: v1.34.0
+      version: v1.35.0-beta.0
       clusterName: my-cluster
       bootstrap:
         configRef:
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-ipv6.yaml b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-ipv6.yaml
index bc9a4abae0a1..500aa94ed9b9 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-ipv6.yaml
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-ipv6.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
 spec:
   replicas: 1
-  version: v1.34.0
+  version: v1.35.0-beta.0
   machineTemplate:
     spec:
       infrastructureRef:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ spec:
       cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: my-cluster
   template:
     spec:
-      version: v1.34.0
+      version: v1.35.0-beta.0
       clusterName: my-cluster
       bootstrap:
         configRef:
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-without-kcp.yaml b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-without-kcp.yaml
index 550aad715b2c..326cd532956f 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-without-kcp.yaml
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster-without-kcp.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ metadata:
   name: controlplane-0
   namespace: default
 spec:
-  version: v1.34.0
+  version: v1.35.0-beta.0
   clusterName: my-cluster
   bootstrap:
     configRef:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ spec:
       cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: my-cluster
   template:
     spec:
-      version: v1.34.0
+      version: v1.35.0-beta.0
       clusterName: my-cluster
       bootstrap:
         configRef:
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster.yaml b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
index f2db3448d847..c99507622097 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/examples/simple-cluster.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
 spec:
   replicas: 1
-  version: v1.34.0
+  version: v1.35.0-beta.0
   machineTemplate:
     spec:
       infrastructureRef:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
       cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: my-cluster
   template:
     spec:
-      version: v1.34.0
+      version: v1.35.0-beta.0
       clusterName: my-cluster
       bootstrap:
         configRef: