diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index eceda2562..3a12a08a1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/test v1.11.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.sum b/test/e2e/go.sum
index 241cd963e..94467aec6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/e2e/go.sum
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 h1:2eYKZT7i6yxIfGP3qLJoJ7HAsDJqYB+X68g4NYjSrE0=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A6ntJQlAWuQfFlsd9hvigKbo2WS0VUs2l1e2F+BawD4=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.23 h1:Fp4FETmk8sT/IRgnKX2xstC2dL7+QdcU+BL5AYIN3Jw=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.23/go.mod h1:8HyMhuyzx9RLZp8cRc9Uf3ECpEAafHOFxQWUPqktMQI=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.24 h1:NL/zRKijhJZLYlNnMr891DRv5jXgfd3Noons1M6oTpc=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.24/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf h1:iW4rZ826su+pqaw19uhpSCzhj44qo35pNgKFGqzDKkU=
@@ -412,12 +412,12 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsAtVhSeUFseziht227YAWYHLGNM8QPwY=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5 h1:lNA2fPN4fkXEs+oOQlnwxT/4VwRFBpv5kkSoJG8nqBA=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5/go.mod h1:pXv5LqLxuIbhGIXykyNKiJh+KrLweSBajVHHitPLyoY=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.6 h1:kQvvEvO7+SCLLXHFW7lRmDQK60g+WD5yCRl1OPzdy40=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.6/go.mod h1:RhIkNM1I2Of4xXCgPHtRDHNprVrLgFFeA8BQRRIy+Tk=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/test v1.11.3 h1:/AOg+VGBW+FyJd03+tO7GejOW2Q1zBYk8KWhgCEKa2M=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/test v1.11.3/go.mod h1:LwhIfqi6pgkxwN/rqRPnJIAMFe1xPODFZymQQppMBV0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5 h1:p2fjSv/exSFgYw+pO6iap1RVJPc0LJ+/A/PAMPl9vhU=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5/go.mod h1:odnzMkDndCRPCWdwl0CRofyZyY857wN34bUih1MLKIc=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.6 h1:0T6qxN2o4hHK2gSB0X2m/iCzekVjJcwqxj3SSLWLTGs=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.6/go.mod h1:GSWpRlulF49kEjFPbnSWnhe7riWam4UGNSphLL8kctA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=