diff --git a/examples/scratch-env/go.mod b/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
index 916cc3ff80..dceb4d12aa 100644
--- a/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
+++ b/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
index 3a0a593eac..89d30c15c1 100644
--- a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
+++ b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:ph2dq1aCz0s+Qa4wT//TMYgVFpYPdYLf1bOUeBL9mN0=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:PcQwrOI3pFXW19JtLyLqIwFC95rRJN1fakusa1HD0ZM=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:VjI5n0HOS5xv4pMQlL8UQE1mQNyWGSeHd5xhE/UfGeQ=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:rrP1eW81xkFyV6twLTesR+sicVpDhhNDzJPjTEGiPXM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:WDq9mGUrmrmgpnbzoSPK1QSrtpp2YE/gvZRjYMZytFY=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:EcCpZsDO3qdxhN6Gi1TD37Z1KOZhCXJIKU+knAHtMBM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:d9mIuVK07FX6Mc4b+BFLedsdglgk0aoCGkHt4invDN0=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.0 h1:b9LiSjR2ym/SzTOlfMHm1tr7/21aD7fSkqgD/CVJBCo=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.0/go.mod h1:0YiFF+JfFxMM6+1hQei8FY8M7s1Mth+z/q7eF1aJkTE=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0 h1:fZgCVhGwsclj3qCw1buVXCV6khjRzKC5eCFt24kyLSk=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0/go.mod h1:b9aMDEYaEe5sdK+1T0KU78ApR/5ZVp4i56VacZYEHxk=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0 h1:m9jOiSr3FoSSL5WO9bjm1n6B9KROYYgNZOb4tyZ1lBc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0 h1:QqEJzNjbN2Yv1H79SsS+SWnXkBgVu4Pj3CJQgbx0gI8=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0/go.mod h1:Y9wvC76g4fLjmU0BA+rV+h2cncoadjvjjkkIGoTLcGU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7FjZpUb45WallggurYhKGag=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fb7d606134..3fd1aa9562 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // Using v4 to match upstream
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0-rc.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e3b3603b33..cb957a9e14 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -223,18 +223,18 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:ph2dq1aCz0s+Qa4wT//TMYgVFpYPdYLf1bOUeBL9mN0=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:PcQwrOI3pFXW19JtLyLqIwFC95rRJN1fakusa1HD0ZM=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:VjI5n0HOS5xv4pMQlL8UQE1mQNyWGSeHd5xhE/UfGeQ=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:rrP1eW81xkFyV6twLTesR+sicVpDhhNDzJPjTEGiPXM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:WDq9mGUrmrmgpnbzoSPK1QSrtpp2YE/gvZRjYMZytFY=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:haMKeieDUxA5Z8yQ1XMJ8Sm2O18EIDFoC0TLA04KBOg=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:CdFvqtAIiWDfZl1LMixuXYGpttymfuopCol/F6AbxmI=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:EcCpZsDO3qdxhN6Gi1TD37Z1KOZhCXJIKU+knAHtMBM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:d9mIuVK07FX6Mc4b+BFLedsdglgk0aoCGkHt4invDN0=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:MBTLTqo2/P0OHGOvUwaZBICPKMrylOllOV3e0REcD0U=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:YV7bvpvHLgCCzOW6geKYADukl7yZuOMbObetd45kTQE=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.0 h1:b9LiSjR2ym/SzTOlfMHm1tr7/21aD7fSkqgD/CVJBCo=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.0/go.mod h1:0YiFF+JfFxMM6+1hQei8FY8M7s1Mth+z/q7eF1aJkTE=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0 h1:fZgCVhGwsclj3qCw1buVXCV6khjRzKC5eCFt24kyLSk=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0/go.mod h1:b9aMDEYaEe5sdK+1T0KU78ApR/5ZVp4i56VacZYEHxk=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0 h1:m9jOiSr3FoSSL5WO9bjm1n6B9KROYYgNZOb4tyZ1lBc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0 h1:p+2dgJjy+bk+B1Csz+mc2wl5gHwvNkC9QJV+w55LVrY=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0/go.mod h1:KI9ox5Yu902iBnnyMmy7ajonhKnkeZYJhTZ/YI+WEMk=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0 h1:QqEJzNjbN2Yv1H79SsS+SWnXkBgVu4Pj3CJQgbx0gI8=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0/go.mod h1:Y9wvC76g4fLjmU0BA+rV+h2cncoadjvjjkkIGoTLcGU=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0 h1:/KIzGM5EvPNQcYgwq5NwoQBaOlVFrghoVGr8lG6vNRs=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0/go.mod h1:TYVuzI1QmN4L5ItVdMSXKvH7/DtvIuas5/mm8YT3rTo=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7FjZpUb45WallggurYhKGag=
diff --git a/tools/setup-envtest/go.mod b/tools/setup-envtest/go.mod
index 3b3fe8fcce..7fb3060f8f 100644
--- a/tools/setup-envtest/go.mod
+++ b/tools/setup-envtest/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/setup-envtest/go.sum b/tools/setup-envtest/go.sum
index 196933dcf8..4ab5d6d16e 100644
--- a/tools/setup-envtest/go.sum
+++ b/tools/setup-envtest/go.sum
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1 h1:WDq9mGUrmrmgpnbzoSPK1QSrtpp2YE/gvZRjYMZytFY=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0 h1:m9jOiSr3FoSSL5WO9bjm1n6B9KROYYgNZOb4tyZ1lBc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=