diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cdec66ade..ff5a588bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 docker := docker #You can build with podman by doing: make docker=podman
 KIND_VERSION ?= 0.23.0
 # note: k8s version pinned since KIND image availability lags k8s releases
-KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= 1.31.3
+KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= 1.31.2
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= 4.5.5
 GATEKEEPER_VERSION ?= 3.18.1
 BATS_VERSION ?= 1.8.2