diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 05ea6a3d6..a72c6bef0 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ tools:
 	# install pinned version of 'kind'
 	# go get must run outside of a dir with a (module-based) Go project !
 	# otherwise go get updates project's dependencies and/or behaves differently
-	cd "/tmp" && GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.8.1
+	cd "/tmp" && GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.9.0
 
 e2etest: tools copy clean
 	./run.sh main