diff --git a/hack/bump-capa.sh b/hack/bump-capa.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail -o errtrace -x
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+
+cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+
+if [ -n "${CAPA_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+  REF="$CAPA_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "CAPA_VERSION not set, querying latest commit SHA from kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-aws main..."
+  set +o pipefail
+  REF=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-aws/commits/main" | awk -F '"' '/"sha"/ { print $4; exit }')
+  set -o pipefail
+  if [ -z "$REF" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to determine latest CAPA commit. Set CAPA_VERSION to continue." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Using discovered CAPA ref: $REF"
+fi
+
+P_MODULE_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/cluster-api/providers/aws"
+pushd "$P_MODULE_DIR"
+
+echo "Upgrading CAPA to commit ${REF} in providers/aws"
+GO111MODULE=on go get "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2@${REF}"
+echo "Running go mod tidy"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy
+echo "Running go mod vendor"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
+
+GO_VERSION=$(grep 'require sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2' go.mod | awk '{print $NF}')
+echo "Go generated pseudo-version: $GO_VERSION"
+
+echo "Reading existing replace directives from cluster-api/providers/aws/go.mod"
+EXISTING_REPLACES=$(grep -E '^replace ' go.mod | awk '{print $2}' || true)
+
+if [ -n "$EXISTING_REPLACES" ]; then
+  echo "Found existing replace directives for packages:"
+  echo "$EXISTING_REPLACES"
+  
+  CAPI_CORE_GOMOD="$ROOT_DIR/cluster-api/cluster-api/go.mod"
+  if [ ! -f "$CAPI_CORE_GOMOD" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: cluster-api/cluster-api/go.mod not found at $CAPI_CORE_GOMOD" >&2
+  else
+    echo "Looking up versions in cluster-api/cluster-api/go.mod"
+    while IFS= read -r pkg; do
+      if [ -n "$pkg" ]; then
+        VERSION=$(grep -E "^\s*${pkg}\s+" "$CAPI_CORE_GOMOD" | awk '{print $2}' | head -1 || true)
+        if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+          VERSION=$(grep -E "^replace.*=>\s*${pkg}\s+" "$CAPI_CORE_GOMOD" | awk '{print $NF}' || true)
+        fi
+        
+        if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "Applying replace: ${pkg} => ${pkg} ${VERSION}"
+          go mod edit -replace="${pkg}=${pkg}@${VERSION}"
+        else
+          echo "Warning: Could not find version for ${pkg} in cluster-api/cluster-api/go.mod"
+        fi
+      fi
+    done <<< "$EXISTING_REPLACES"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "Running go mod vendor in cluster-api/providers/aws"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
+popd
+
+echo "Upgrading CAPA to ${GO_VERSION} in root directory"
+pushd "$ROOT_DIR"
+GO111MODULE=on go get "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2@${REF}"
+
+echo "Running go mod tidy"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy
+echo "Running go mod vendor"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
+popd
+
+echo "Done."
diff --git a/hack/bump-capi.sh b/hack/bump-capi.sh
new file mode 100644
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+
+if [ -n "${CAPI_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+  VERSION="$CAPI_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "CAPI_VERSION not set, querying latest release from kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api..."
+  if ! VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/latest" 2>/dev/null | awk -F '"' '/tag_name/ { print $4; exit }'); then
+    echo "Failed to query GitHub API for latest release." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to discover latest cluster-api release. Set CAPI_VERSION environment variable to continue." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Using discovered version: $VERSION"
+fi
+
+
+pushd ./cluster-api
+
+echo "Updating CAPI to $VERSION in cluster-api"
+GO111MODULE=on go get "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api@${VERSION}"
+echo "Running: go mod tidy"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy
+echo "Running: go mod vendor"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
+popd
+
+echo "Updating CAPI to $VERSION in root directory"
+pushd "$ROOT_DIR/cluster-api"
+GO111MODULE=on go get "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api@${VERSION}"
+echo "Running: go mod tidy"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy
+echo "Running: go mod vendor"
+GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
+popd
+
+echo "Done."