diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
index c74b4e9..df52b31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
   DOCKER_FILE_PATH: Dockerfile
   DOCKER_UBI_FILE_PATH: Dockerfile.ubi
   KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.30.0"
-  KIND_VERSION: "0.23.0"
+  KIND_VERSION: "0.31.0"
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh b/scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh b/scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755