diff --git a/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml b/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml
index dbbaf5cc1..1ca544c55 100644
--- a/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml
+++ b/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ availabilityZones:
 metadata:
   name: ${EKS_CLUSTER_NAME}
   region: ${AWS_REGION}
-  version: "1.30"
+  version: "1.31"
   tags:
     karpenter.sh/discovery: ${EKS_CLUSTER_NAME}
     created-by: eks-workshop-v2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ vpc:
     publicAccess: true
 addons:
   - name: vpc-cni
-    version: 1.16.0
+    version: 1.19.2
     configurationValues: '{"env":{"ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION":"true", "ENABLE_POD_ENI":"true", "POD_SECURITY_GROUP_ENFORCING_MODE":"standard"},"enableNetworkPolicy": "true", "nodeAgent": {"enablePolicyEventLogs": "true"}}'
     resolveConflicts: overwrite
 managedNodeGroups:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ managedNodeGroups:
     maxSize: 6
     instanceType: m5.large
     privateNetworking: true
-    releaseVersion: "1.30.0-20240625"
+    releaseVersion: "1.31.3-20250103"
     updateConfig:
       maxUnavailablePercentage: 50
     labels:
diff --git a/cluster/terraform/variables.tf b/cluster/terraform/variables.tf
index 8a618810f..c35e077fe 100644
--- a/cluster/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/cluster/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ variable "cluster_name" {
 variable "cluster_version" {
   description = "EKS cluster version."
   type        = string
-  default     = "1.30"
+  default     = "1.31"
 }
 
 variable "ami_release_version" {
   description = "Default EKS AMI release version for node groups"
   type        = string
-  default     = "1.30.0-20240625"
+  default     = "1.31.3-20250103"
 }
 
 variable "vpc_cidr" {
diff --git a/hack/lib/kubectl-version.sh b/hack/lib/kubectl-version.sh
index e7825e5d4..88fefd18a 100644
--- a/hack/lib/kubectl-version.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/kubectl-version.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export KUBECTL_VERSION='v1.30.2'
+export KUBECTL_VERSION='v1.31.3'
diff --git a/lab/scripts/installer.sh b/lab/scripts/installer.sh
index 0cdd815a4..83a580772 100644
--- a/lab/scripts/installer.sh
+++ b/lab/scripts/installer.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # renovate: depName=kubernetes/kubernetes
-kubectl_version='1.30.8'
+kubectl_version='1.31.3'
 
 # renovate: depName=helm/helm
 helm_version='3.16.4'
diff --git a/lab/scripts/setup.sh b/lab/scripts/setup.sh
index 568c528be..5f22c30cc 100644
--- a/lab/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/lab/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function prepare-environment() {
 }
 
 function use-cluster() { bash /usr/local/bin/use-cluster \$1; source ~/.bashrc.d/env.bash; }
+function create-cluster() { URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${REPOSITORY_OWNER}/${REPOSITORY_NAME}/refs/heads/${REPOSITORY_REF}/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml; echo "Creating cluster with eksctl from $URL"; curl -fsSL $URL | envsubst | eksctl create cluster -f -; }
 EOT
 
 REPOSITORY_OWNER=${REPOSITORY_OWNER:-"aws-samples"}
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 8c8888f7b..a68339367 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     },
     {
       "matchDepNames": ["kubernetes/kubernetes"],
-      "allowedVersions": "/^v1.30.[0-9]+$/"
+      "allowedVersions": "/^v1.31.[0-9]+$/"
     },
     {
       "matchDepNames": ["kubernetes/autoscaler"],
       "extractVersion": "^cluster-autoscaler-(?<version>.*)$",
-      "allowedVersions": "/^1.30.[0-9]+$/"
+      "allowedVersions": "/^1.31.[0-9]+$/"
     },
     {
       "automerge": true,
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index f712159a3..c434706da 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ const config = {
                   MANIFESTS_REF: manifestsRef,
                   MANIFESTS_OWNER: manifestsOwner,
                   MANIFESTS_REPOSITORY: manifestsRepository,
-                  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.30",
-                  KUBERNETES_NODE_VERSION: "1.30-eks-036c24b",
+                  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.31",
+                  KUBERNETES_NODE_VERSION: "1.31-eks-036c24b",
                 },
               },
             ],