diff --git a/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml b/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
index c75363d73d..3281e4c737 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ variables:
   KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.30.0"
   KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.31.0"
   KUBERNETES_VERSION_LATEST_CI: "ci/latest-1.32"
-  CPI_IMAGE_K8S_VERSION: "v1.31.0"
+  CPI_IMAGE_K8S_VERSION: "v1.32.0-beta.1"
   CNI: "./data/cni/calico/calico.yaml"
   AUTOSCALER_WORKLOAD: "./data/autoscaler/autoscaler-to-management-workload.yaml"
   EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"