diff --git a/ci/test-conformance-eks.sh b/ci/test-conformance-eks.sh
index a2fc300aaab..bd4e1bb66ea 100755
--- a/ci/test-conformance-eks.sh
+++ b/ci/test-conformance-eks.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function echoerr {
 
 CLUSTER=""
 REGION="us-west-2"
-K8S_VERSION="1.27"
+K8S_VERSION="1.31"
 AWS_NODE_TYPE="t3.medium"
 SSH_KEY_PATH="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
 SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"