diff --git a/kubernetes/staging/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/app/helm-release.yaml b/kubernetes/staging/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/app/helm-release.yaml
index f2efd8307f..487b8ba46c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/staging/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/app/helm-release.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/staging/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/app/helm-release.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_ACTIVE_DEADLINE_SECONDS: 900
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_BACKOFF_LIMIT: 99
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY: IfNotPresent
-              SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_KUBECTL_IMAGE: registry.k8s.io/kubectl:v1.30.1@sha256:0d615ea4861f59c0bc6576476462ec8e153e1712fda0f15afa87fe304db7d16b
+              SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_KUBECTL_IMAGE: registry.k8s.io/kubectl:v1.30.2@sha256:8603c05f0fea1723aa4256074468b430d10e1512f4d55299a4c82707c1c68eb0
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_PRIVILEGED: true
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_JOB_TTL_SECONDS_AFTER_FINISH: 900
               SYSTEM_UPGRADE_PLAN_POLLING_INTERVAL: 15m