diff --git a/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 9e1ca103..7548464b 100644
--- a/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Check for spelling errors
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
         with:
           check_filenames: true
diff --git a/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml b/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
index 70c6a9d1..f0aac5c9 100644
--- a/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
+++ b/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Get Go version
         id: go-version
diff --git a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
index f7bc7018..4b7ed015 100644
--- a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ aliases:
   - jsafrane
   - msau42
   - saad-ali
+  - gnufied
   - xing-yang
 
   # Reviewers are automatically assigned to new PRs. The following
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index b4e34730..3a64548b 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.24.6" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.24.11" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E "" "override Go version for building the Kubernetes E2E test suite" # normally doesn't need to be set, see install_e2e
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_SANITY "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building the csi-sanity test suite" # depends on CSI_PROW_SANITY settings below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_KIND "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building 'kind'" # depends on CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION below
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_JOB true "building code in repo enabled"
 # use the same settings as for "latest" Kubernetes. This works
 # as long as there are no breaking changes in Kubernetes, like
 # deprecating or changing the implementation of an alpha feature.
-configvar CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION 1.22.0 "Kubernetes"
+configvar CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION 1.34.0 "Kubernetes"
 
 # CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION reduced to first two version numbers and
 # with underscore (1_13 instead of 1.13.3) and in uppercase (LATEST
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ kind_version_default () {
         latest|master)
             echo main;;
         *)
-            echo v0.25.0;;
+            echo v0.30.0;;
     esac
 }
 
@@ -155,13 +155,10 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION "$(kind_version_default)" "kind"
 
 # kind images to use. Must match the kind version.
 # The release notes of each kind release list the supported images.
-configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_IMAGES "kindest/node:v1.32.0@sha256:2458b423d635d7b01637cac2d6de7e1c1dca1148a2ba2e90975e214ca849e7cb
-kindest/node:v1.31.2@sha256:18fbefc20a7113353c7b75b5c869d7145a6abd6269154825872dc59c1329912e
-kindest/node:v1.30.6@sha256:b6d08db72079ba5ae1f4a88a09025c0a904af3b52387643c285442afb05ab994
-kindest/node:v1.29.10@sha256:3b2d8c31753e6c8069d4fc4517264cd20e86fd36220671fb7d0a5855103aa84b
-kindest/node:v1.28.15@sha256:a7c05c7ae043a0b8c818f5a06188bc2c4098f6cb59ca7d1856df00375d839251
-kindest/node:v1.27.16@sha256:2d21a61643eafc439905e18705b8186f3296384750a835ad7a005dceb9546d20
-kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:c79602a44b4056d7e48dc20f7504350f1e87530fe953428b792def00bc1076dd" "kind images"
+configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_IMAGES "kindest/node:v1.34.0@sha256:7416a61b42b1662ca6ca89f02028ac133a309a2a30ba309614e8ec94d976dc5a
+kindest/node:v1.33.4@sha256:25a6018e48dfcaee478f4a59af81157a437f15e6e140bf103f85a2e7cd0cbbf2
+kindest/node:v1.32.8@sha256:abd489f042d2b644e2d033f5c2d900bc707798d075e8186cb65e3f1367a9d5a1
+kindest/node:v1.31.12@sha256:0f5cc49c5e73c0c2bb6e2df56e7df189240d83cf94edfa30946482eb08ec57d2" "kind images"
 
 # By default, this script tests sidecars with the CSI hostpath driver,
 # using the install_csi_driver function. That function depends on