diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 0153f226..d8a5102b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - lxc-image: ubuntu:22.04
             engine: docker
-          - lxc-image: images:fedora/39/cloud
-            engine: podman
+# LXD is now banned from pulling images:fedora from https://images.linuxcontainers.org/
+# TODO: switch away from LXD to Incus: https://github.com/rootless-containers/usernetes/pull/332
+#          - lxc-image: images:fedora/39/cloud
+#            engine: podman
     env:
       LXC_IMAGE: "${{ matrix.lxc-image }}"
       CONTAINER_ENGINE: "${{ matrix.engine }}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c255d868..df52994a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245
-ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION=v1.4.1
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.30.0@sha256:047357ac0cfea04663786a612ba1eaba9702bef25227a794b52890dd8bcd692e
+ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION=v1.5.0
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 COPY Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/ /tmp/SHA256SUMS.d
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION
diff --git a/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.4.1 b/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.4.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0baa626f..00000000
--- a/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.4.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1511f6c003ace805eafeb1132727791326283cff88a923d76329e1892bba7a10  cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.4.1.tgz
-72644e13557cda8a5b39baf97fc5e93d23fdf7baba7700000e7e9efd8bdf9234  cni-plugins-linux-arm64-v1.4.1.tgz
diff --git a/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.5.0 b/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.5.0
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..729e73a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.d/SHA256SUMS.d/cni-plugins-v1.5.0
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+57a18478422cb321370e30a5ee6ce026321289cd9c94353ca697dddd7714f1a5  cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.5.0.tgz
+ab38507efe50c34bc2242a25c5783c19fdfe0376c65a2a91d48174d4f39f1fc2  cni-plugins-linux-arm64-v1.5.0.tgz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 171354ef..0e04f0e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@ kubeadm-reset:
 
 .PHONY: install-flannel
 install-flannel:
-	$(NODE_SHELL) kubectl apply -f https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/releases/download/v0.24.4/kube-flannel.yml
+	$(NODE_SHELL) kubectl apply -f https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/releases/download/v0.25.1/kube-flannel.yml