diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e-upgrade.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e-upgrade.yaml
index 91fc159db..8f33ad2ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e-upgrade.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # Keep running if one leg fails.
       matrix:
         k8s-version:
-        - v1.27.x
         - v1.28.x
+        - v1.29.x
 
         upstream-traffic:
         - plain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
index 37889744c..f1494bb99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # Keep running if one leg fails.
       matrix:
         k8s-version:
-        - v1.27.x
         - v1.28.x
+        - v1.29.x
 
         gateway:
         - quay.io/maistra-dev/proxyv2-ubi8:2.4-latest