diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index b1ad3a16..c4986646 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Clusters
         uses: helm/kind-action@v1.8.0
         with:
-          version: v0.18.0
+          version: v0.20.0
           install_only: true
       - name: Set Up Clusters
         run: |
diff --git a/hack/local-dev-setup.sh b/hack/local-dev-setup.sh
index bee5432c..a9fc34d3 100755
--- a/hack/local-dev-setup.sh
+++ b/hack/local-dev-setup.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ROOT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/hack
 KIND_CONFIGS_ROOT=${ROOT_DIR}/kind-configs
 source "${ROOT_DIR}"/util.sh
 
-KIND_VERSION=${KIND_VERSION:-"kindest/node:v1.25.3"}
+KIND_VERSION=${KIND_VERSION:-"kindest/node:v1.27.3"}
 
 # variable define
 KUBECONFIG_PATH=${KUBECONFIG_PATH:-"${HOME}/.kube"}
diff --git a/hack/util.sh b/hack/util.sh
index 25fe87bf..bec861be 100755
--- a/hack/util.sh
+++ b/hack/util.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function util::check_clusters_ready() {
   local context_name=${2}
 
   echo "Waiting for kubeconfig file ${kubeconfig_path} and clusters ${context_name} to be ready..."
-  util::wait_file_exist "${kubeconfig_path}" 600
+  util::wait_file_exist "${kubeconfig_path}" 900
   util::wait_for_condition 'running' "docker inspect --format='{{.State.Status}}' ${context_name}-control-plane &> /dev/null" 300
 
   kubectl config rename-context "kind-${context_name}" "${context_name}" --kubeconfig="${kubeconfig_path}"