diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 862c24dd..97aa7ff4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20230307042619-c304e7ec2ee7
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.28.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.6.0
 )
 
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250403155104-27863c87afa6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/rpmpack v0.6.1-0.20240329070804-c2247cbb881a // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
-	github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
 	github.com/google/wire v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39b69980..8450519a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -582,8 +582,6 @@ github.com/google/rpmpack v0.6.1-0.20240329070804-c2247cbb881a h1:JJBdjSfqSy3mnD
 github.com/google/rpmpack v0.6.1-0.20240329070804-c2247cbb881a/go.mod h1:uqVAUVQLq8UY2hCDfmJ/+rtO3aw7qyhc90rCVEabEfI=
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 h1:LGD7gtMgezd8a/Xak7mEWL0PjoTQFvpRudN895yqKW0=
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9/go.mod h1:YA0Ei2ZQL3acow2O62kdp9UlnvMmU7kA6Eutn0dXayM=
-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/subcommands v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ZjhPrFU+Olkh9WazFPsl27BQ4UPiG37m3yTrtFlrHVk=
@@ -1495,8 +1493,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0 h1:rGxGZCZTV2wJreeRgqVoWab/mfcumTMmSwKzoM9x
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0/go.mod h1:gLKoiGBriyNh+x1rWtUQnakUYEujErjXs9pf+x/8n1U=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0 h1:PQ3f0iAWNIj66LYkZ1ivhEg/+Zb6UPMbO+qVei/INZA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0/go.mod h1:RZVFmy6qcwlSWwp6xeIUv7kXCPF3i8MXsEXxW/J+gJY=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.28.0 h1:YLfMxeB0+8nHPs4IgpskdVerMUiYtP8jcbML0OVpUXg=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.28.0/go.mod h1:ldWQisw2NYyM6k64o/tkZng/1qQW7OlzcN5a8geJX3o=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0 h1:F+2HB2mU1MSiR9Hp1NEgoU2q9ItNOaBJl0I4Dlus5SQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/BbwnivGVcBh1r+8m3tH1VNxJmHSk1PzP5fkP6lbL1o=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.19.0 h1:D3uASwjHWHmNiEHu3pPJBJMBIsb+auFvHrHql3HAarU=