diff --git a/app/kumactl/cmd/install/testdata/install-control-plane.dump-values.yaml b/app/kumactl/cmd/install/testdata/install-control-plane.dump-values.yaml
index 766792e5b530..ecc781485201 100644
--- a/app/kumactl/cmd/install/testdata/install-control-plane.dump-values.yaml
+++ b/app/kumactl/cmd/install/testdata/install-control-plane.dump-values.yaml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ kubectl:
     # -- The kubectl image repository
     repository: bitnami/kubectl
     # -- The kubectl image tag
-    tag: "1.27.5"
+    tag: "1.31.4"
 hooks:
   # -- Node selector for the HELM hooks
   nodeSelector:
diff --git a/deployments/charts/kuma/README.md b/deployments/charts/kuma/README.md
index f89ccdd6321e..90b7cccb5ca5 100644
--- a/deployments/charts/kuma/README.md
+++ b/deployments/charts/kuma/README.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ A Helm chart for the Kuma Control Plane
 | kumactl.image.tag | string | `nil` | The kumactl image tag. When not specified, the value is copied from global.tag |
 | kubectl.image.registry | string | `"docker.io"` | The kubectl image registry |
 | kubectl.image.repository | string | `"bitnami/kubectl"` | The kubectl image repository |
-| kubectl.image.tag | string | `"1.27.5"` | The kubectl image tag |
+| kubectl.image.tag | string | `"1.31.4"` | The kubectl image tag |
 | hooks.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node selector for the HELM hooks |
 | hooks.tolerations | list | `[]` | Tolerations for the HELM hooks |
 | hooks.podSecurityContext | object | `{"runAsNonRoot":true}` | Security context at the pod level for crd/webhook/ns |
diff --git a/deployments/charts/kuma/values.yaml b/deployments/charts/kuma/values.yaml
index 766792e5b530..ecc781485201 100644
--- a/deployments/charts/kuma/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/charts/kuma/values.yaml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ kubectl:
     # -- The kubectl image repository
     repository: bitnami/kubectl
     # -- The kubectl image tag
-    tag: "1.27.5"
+    tag: "1.31.4"
 hooks:
   # -- Node selector for the HELM hooks
   nodeSelector:
diff --git a/docs/generated/raw/helm-values.yaml b/docs/generated/raw/helm-values.yaml
index 766792e5b530..ecc781485201 100644
--- a/docs/generated/raw/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/docs/generated/raw/helm-values.yaml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ kubectl:
     # -- The kubectl image repository
     repository: bitnami/kubectl
     # -- The kubectl image tag
-    tag: "1.27.5"
+    tag: "1.31.4"
 hooks:
   # -- Node selector for the HELM hooks
   nodeSelector: