diff --git a/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml b/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml
index 55dce4ca4fe..3f63988541a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vtop_example.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.skip-workflow.outputs.skip-workflow == 'false' && steps.changes.outputs.end_to_end == 'true'
         run: |
           # Install everything we need, and configure
-          sudo apt-get install -y make unzip g++ etcd curl git wget eatmydata
+          sudo apt-get install -y eatmydata
           go mod download
 
       - name: Run make minimaltools
diff --git a/tools/get_kubectl_kind.sh b/tools/get_kubectl_kind.sh
index 89b50b222b0..169b120aaa0 100755
--- a/tools/get_kubectl_kind.sh
+++ b/tools/get_kubectl_kind.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ source build.env
 mkdir -p "$VTROOT/bin"
 cd "$VTROOT/bin"
 
-KUBE_VERSION="${KUBE_VERSION:-v1.21.1}"
+KUBE_VERSION="${KUBE_VERSION:-v1.31.0}"
 KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL:-https://dl.k8s.io}"
 
 # Download kubectl if needed.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ln -sf "kubectl-${KUBE_VERSION}" kubectl
 if ! command -v kind &> /dev/null
 then
     echo "Downloading kind..."
-    curl -L https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.20.0/kind-linux-amd64 > "kind"
+    curl -L https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.22.0/kind-linux-amd64 > "kind"
     chmod +x "kind"
     echo "Installed kind"
 else