diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d65ac2e9..832440f4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,26 @@ updates:
   commit-message:
     prefix: ":seedling:"
   target-branch: "main"
+# Go modules in release-v2.11 branch
+- package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+  ignore:
+    # Ignore controller-runtime as it's upgraded manually.
+    - dependency-name: "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+    # Ignore k8s and its transitives modules as they are upgraded manually
+    # together with controller-runtime.
+    - dependency-name: "k8s.io/*"
+    # Ignore wrangler
+    - dependency-name: "github.com/rancher/wrangler"
+    - dependency-name: "github.com/rancher/wrangler/v3"
+    - dependency-name: "github.com/rancher/rancher/pkg/apis"
+    - dependency-name: "go.etcd.io/*"
+    - dependency-name: "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go"
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:"
+  target-branch: "release-v2.11"
 # Go modules in release-v2.10 branch
 - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
   directory: "/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-workflow.yaml
index e1b1c9e1..7b748907 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-workflow.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@ jobs:
       AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
       AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: ${{ secrets.AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  e2e-test-v2_10:
+  e2e-test-v2_11:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     needs: e2e-test-main
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-branch.yaml
+    with:
+      branch: release-v2.11
+    secrets:
+      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+      AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+      AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: ${{ secrets.AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP }}
+      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+  e2e-test-v2_10:
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+    needs: e2e-test-v2_11
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-branch.yaml
     with:
       branch: release-v2.10
     secrets:
diff --git a/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh b/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
index fafa322f..b6d62c10 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-KUBE_VERSION=${KUBE_VERSION:-v1.28.9}
+KUBE_VERSION=${KUBE_VERSION:-v1.32.2}
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-operator-e2e}"
 
 if ! kind get clusters | grep "$CLUSTER_NAME"; then