diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f14de649ee60..536ed5958e34 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.14
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2
-	github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.56.17
+	github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.57.0
 	github.com/weaveworks/footloose v0.0.0-20210208164054-2862489574a3
 	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.0.1
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 678b34f9e00e..03165dc4a4b8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2/go.mod h1:twkDnbuQxJYemMlGd4JFIcuhg
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20200728191858-db3c7e526aae/go.mod h1:DD4vA1DwXk04H54A1oHXtwZmA0grkVMdPxx/VGLCah0=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 h1:Oeaw1EM2JMxD51g9uhtC0D7erkIjgmj8+JZc26m1YX8=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4/go.mod h1:SpkAiCQRtJ6TvvxPnOSyH3BMl6unz3xZlaprSwhNNJM=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.56.17 h1:X30OozdtWOkvMCOZLb1b/QSeKEBx634py8ArTw8RcFU=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.56.17/go.mod h1:EZay4jbB9SKlkG/ywbmtoe8rWzd0w1eCxuk+tHbBQbM=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.57.0 h1:EhxamEAo9G5PQae0kW9CTmRJ9FQ11Mb8uxBlYvL6EDU=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy v0.57.0/go.mod h1:uHypnxX++i0te9/2AqtMvSqlKt5iLK3b8Ss8wA2YFHQ=
 github.com/weppos/publicsuffix-go v0.13.1-0.20210123135404-5fd73613514e/go.mod h1:HYux0V0Zi04bHNwOHy4cXJVz/TQjYonnF6aoYhj+3QE=
 github.com/weppos/publicsuffix-go v0.15.1-0.20210511084619-b1f36a2d6c0b h1:FsyNrX12e5BkplJq7wKOLk0+C6LZ+KGXvuEcKUYm5ss=
 github.com/weppos/publicsuffix-go v0.15.1-0.20210511084619-b1f36a2d6c0b/go.mod h1:HYux0V0Zi04bHNwOHy4cXJVz/TQjYonnF6aoYhj+3QE=
diff --git a/inttest/Makefile b/inttest/Makefile
index c4377c6e246c..4d1d551e166d 100644
--- a/inttest/Makefile
+++ b/inttest/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-
 ARCH := $(shell go env GOARCH)
 OS := $(shell go env GOOS)
 K0S_UPDATE_TO_VERSION ?= $(shell ../k0s version)
 
-SONOBUOY_VERSION ?= 0.56.17
-sonobuoy_url = https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy/releases/download/v${SONOBUOY_VERSION}/sonobuoy_${SONOBUOY_VERSION}_$(OS)_$(ARCH).tar.gz
+sonobuoy_url = https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy/releases/download/v${sonobuoy_version}/sonobuoy_${sonobuoy_version}_$(OS)_$(ARCH).tar.gz
 
 curl = curl -L --silent
 
diff --git a/inttest/Makefile.variables b/inttest/Makefile.variables
index 718db5974e41..91f870281caf 100644
--- a/inttest/Makefile.variables
+++ b/inttest/Makefile.variables
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+sonobuoy_version := 0.57.0
 smoketests := \
 	check-addons \
 	check-airgap \
diff --git a/inttest/toolsuite/operations/sonobuoy.go b/inttest/toolsuite/operations/sonobuoy.go
index ae0c64784be8..94899366e6ba 100644
--- a/inttest/toolsuite/operations/sonobuoy.go
+++ b/inttest/toolsuite/operations/sonobuoy.go
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	sonobuoyVersion = "0.56.11"
-	sonobuoyOs      = "linux"
-	sonobuoyArch    = "amd64"
+	sonobuoyOs   = "linux"
+	sonobuoyArch = "amd64"
 )
 
 type SonobuoyConfig struct {
+	Version    string
 	Parameters []string
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type SonobuoyConfig struct {
 // using the clusters k0s.kubeconfig. Results are stored in the data directory as `results.tar.gz`
 func SonobuoyOperation(config SonobuoyConfig) ts.ClusterOperation {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, data ts.ClusterData) error {
-		sonobuoyBinary, cleanup, err := downloadSonobuoy(ctx, sonobuoyVersion, sonobuoyOs, sonobuoyArch)
+		sonobuoyBinary, cleanup, err := downloadSonobuoy(ctx, config.Version, sonobuoyOs, sonobuoyArch)
 		defer cleanup()
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/inttest/toolsuite/tests/conformance_test.go b/inttest/toolsuite/tests/conformance_test.go
index 48d895c0396b..36d6d0b7dd32 100644
--- a/inttest/toolsuite/tests/conformance_test.go
+++ b/inttest/toolsuite/tests/conformance_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ConformanceConfig struct {
+	SonobuoyVersion   string
 	KubernetesVersion string
 }
 
@@ -38,11 +39,15 @@ type ConformanceSuite struct {
 var config ConformanceConfig
 
 func init() {
+	flag.StringVar(&config.SonobuoyVersion, "sonobuoy-version", "", "The sonobuoy version to use")
 	flag.StringVar(&config.KubernetesVersion, "conformance-kubernetes-version", "", "The kubernetes version of the conformance tests to run")
 }
 
 // TestConformanceSuite runs the Sonobuoy conformance tests for a specific k8s version.
 func TestConformanceSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	if config.SonobuoyVersion == "" {
+		t.Fatal("--sonobuoy-version is a required parameter")
+	}
 	if config.KubernetesVersion == "" {
 		t.Fatal("--conformance-kubernetes-version is a required parameter")
 	}
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ func TestConformanceSuite(t *testing.T) {
 		ts.ToolSuite{
 			Operation: tsops.SonobuoyOperation(
 				tsops.SonobuoyConfig{
+					Version: config.SonobuoyVersion,
 					Parameters: []string{
 						"--mode=certified-conformance",
 						"--plugin-env=e2e.E2E_EXTRA_ARGS=\"--ginkgo.v\"",