diff --git a/tools/src/kind/go.mod b/tools/src/kind/go.mod
index adbb32e68a4..6ffe9374d54 100644
--- a/tools/src/kind/go.mod
+++ b/tools/src/kind/go.mod
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ module github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/tools/src/kind
 
 go 1.24.0
 
-require sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
+require sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0
 
 require (
+	al.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/src/kind/go.sum b/tools/src/kind/go.sum
index 847cb71e67b..5769033ba70 100644
--- a/tools/src/kind/go.sum
+++ b/tools/src/kind/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+al.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape v1.5.1 h1:86HrALUujYS/h+GtqoB26SBEdkWfmMI6FubjXlsXyho=
+al.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape v1.5.1/go.mod h1:6sIqp7X2P6mThCQ7twERpZTuigpr6KbZWtls1U8I890=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2 h1:MHPfaU+ddJ0/bYWpgIeUnQUqKrlJ1S7BfEYPM4uEoM0=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2/go.mod h1:PZAiSCk0LJaZkiCSkPv8qIobYglO3FPpyFjDCtHLS30=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 h1:SJ+NtwL6QaZ21U+IrK7d0gGgpjGGvd2kz+FzTHVzdqI=
 github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2/go.mod h1:Tv1PlzqC9t8wNnpPdctvtSUOPUUg4SHeE6vR1Ir2hmg=
+github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
+github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b h1:QRR6H1YWRnHb4Y/HeNFCTJLF
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0 h1:8fS6I0Q5WGlmLprSpH0DarlOSdcsv0txnwc93J2BP7M=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0 h1:PQ3f0iAWNIj66LYkZ1ivhEg/+Zb6UPMbO+qVei/INZA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0/go.mod h1:RZVFmy6qcwlSWwp6xeIUv7kXCPF3i8MXsEXxW/J+gJY=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=