diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
index 223e2e7..ba7a0e9 100644
--- a/hack/tools.mk
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $(KIND): $(call tool_version_file,$(KIND),$(KIND_VERSION))
 
 KUBECTL := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/kubectl
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubectl packageName=kubernetes/kubernetes
-KUBECTL_VERSION ?= v1.30.1
+KUBECTL_VERSION ?= v1.30.2
 $(KUBECTL): $(call tool_version_file,$(KUBECTL),$(KUBECTL_VERSION))
 	curl -Lo $(KUBECTL) https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(KUBECTL_VERSION)/bin/$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')/$(shell uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/')/kubectl
 	chmod +x $(KUBECTL)