diff --git a/hack/Dockerfile b/hack/Dockerfile
index d46161f73d..9d96cfaf59 100644
--- a/hack/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/Dockerfile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ COPY --from=hermetic /workspace/vendor vendor.tmp
 
 ## kindtest image for running tests against kind cluster in hermetic environment.
 FROM golang:1.22-bullseye as buildbase
-FROM docker:26.0-cli as docker
+FROM docker:27.4-cli as docker
 FROM debian:stable-slim as kindtest
 
 WORKDIR /build