diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63c72b11..314f6b1a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ kind-up kind-down: export KUBECONFIG = $(KIND_KUBECONFIG)
 
 .PHONY: kind-up
 kind-up: $(KIND) $(KUBECTL) ## Launch a kind cluster for local development and testing.
-	$(KIND) create cluster --name sharding --config hack/config/kind-config.yaml --image kindest/node:v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f
+	$(KIND) create cluster --name sharding --config hack/config/kind-config.yaml --image kindest/node:v1.33.2@sha256:c55080dc5be4f2cc242e6966fdf97bb62282e1cd818a28223cf536db8b0fddf4
 	# workaround https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/known-issues/#pod-errors-due-to-too-many-open-files
 	$(KUBECTL) get nodes -o name | cut -d/ -f2 | xargs -I {} docker exec {} sh -c "sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances=8192"
 	# run `export KUBECONFIG=$$PWD/hack/kind_kubeconfig.yaml` to target the created kind cluster.