diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50d3c0af1..939b48b4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Update cargo-cyclonedx to 0.5.5 and build CycloneDX 1.5 files ([#783]).
 - Enable [Docker build checks](https://docs.docker.com/build/checks/) ([#872]).
 - java: migrate to temurin jdk/jre ([#894]).
+- tools: bump kubectl to `1.31.1` and jq to `1.7.1` ([#896]).
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#881]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/881
 [#882]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/882
 [#894]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/894
+[#896]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/896
 
 ## [24.7.0] - 2024-07-24
 
diff --git a/tools/versions.py b/tools/versions.py
index 0ec412781..a70048650 100644
--- a/tools/versions.py
+++ b/tools/versions.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 versions = [
     {
         "product": "1.0.0",
-        "kubectl_version": "1.26.2",
-        "jq_version": "1.6",
+        "kubectl_version": "1.31.1",
+        "jq_version": "1.7.1",
         "stackable-base": "1.0.0",
     },
 ]