diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
index da1e25c6acede..0ddbb2699963b 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ periodics:
       path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
   spec:
     containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20231113-7213ea5323-1.25
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20231208-8b9fd88e88-1.26
         args:
           - runner.sh
           - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"