diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2ebd6e..d7199ef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.32.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d4e281a..5d9dac4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0 h1:UcT4nzm+YM7YEbqiAKECk+b6dsvc/HRZZu9U0FolL1g=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.32.0 h1:p9hscbj98u/qyrjVpjId86LI70nQmbSsipV7wCG10Xk=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.32.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e6634ff..9a3e35e 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/strings/slices
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 sigs.k8s.io/json
 sigs.k8s.io/json/internal/golang/encoding/json
-# sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0
+# sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.32.0
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/defaults
 sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
index 103b243..486dbe9 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 package defaults
 
 // Image is the default for the Config.Image field, aka the default node image.
-const Image = "kindest/node:v1.35.0@sha256:452d707d4862f52530247495d180205e029056831160e22870e37e3f6c1ac31f"
+const Image = "kindest/node:v1.36.1@sha256:3489c7674813ba5d8b1a9977baea8a6e553784dab7b84759d1014dbd78f7ebd5"
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/types.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/types.go
index 33acf50..783dfd1 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/types.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/types.go
@@ -75,11 +75,14 @@ type Cluster struct {
 	// ContainerdConfigPatches are applied to every node's containerd config
 	// in the order listed.
 	// These should be toml stringsto be applied as merge patches
+	// If the version field in these patches doesn't match containerd config, it will not be a applied
+	// This way you can write configurations that work for both by supplying two patches
 	ContainerdConfigPatches []string `yaml:"containerdConfigPatches,omitempty" json:"containerdConfigPatches,omitempty"`
 
 	// ContainerdConfigPatchesJSON6902 are applied to every node's containerd config
 	// in the order listed.
 	// These should be YAML or JSON formatting RFC 6902 JSON patches
+	// NOTE: These are not currently version-aware.
 	ContainerdConfigPatchesJSON6902 []string `yaml:"containerdConfigPatchesJSON6902,omitempty" json:"containerdConfigPatchesJSON6902,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index b210133..d76fe1f 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
-Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.