diff --git a/devel/cluster/create-kind.sh b/devel/cluster/create-kind.sh
index 88d1e0952..6cd15f14e 100755
--- a/devel/cluster/create-kind.sh
+++ b/devel/cluster/create-kind.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ elif [[ "$K8S_VERSION" =~ 1\.23 ]]; then
   KIND_IMAGE=$KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123
 elif [[ "$K8S_VERSION" =~ 1\.24 ]]; then
   KIND_IMAGE=$KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124
+elif [[ "$K8S_VERSION" =~ 1\.25 ]]; then
+  KIND_IMAGE=$KIND_IMAGE_K8S_125
 else
   echo "Unrecognised/unsupported Kubernetes version '${K8S_VERSION}'! Aborting..."
   exit 1
diff --git a/devel/cluster/kind_cluster_node_versions.sh b/devel/cluster/kind_cluster_node_versions.sh
index f8a5bdbbf..a1ce0df6d 100644
--- a/devel/cluster/kind_cluster_node_versions.sh
+++ b/devel/cluster/kind_cluster_node_versions.sh
@@ -13,33 +13,38 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # generated by ./hack/latest-kind-images.sh
-# 1.24 image SHA has been edited by hand to match that recommended to be used with kind 0.14 https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.14.0
 
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_125=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
 
 # docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_120=sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_120=sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.12
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_121=sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.14
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_121=sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.9
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_122=sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.15
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_122=sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.6
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_123=sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.12
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_123=sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.0
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_124=sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.6
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_124=sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.25.2
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_125=sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
 
 # note that these 'full' digests should be avoided since not all tools support them
 # prefer KIND_IMAGE_K8S_*** instead
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.12@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.9@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.6@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.0@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.14@sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.15@sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.12@sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.6@sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_125=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
+
diff --git a/hack/latest-kind-images.sh b/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
index bda228ad2..2ca529526 100755
--- a/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
+++ b/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ LATEST_121_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.21")
 LATEST_122_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.22")
 LATEST_123_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.23")
 LATEST_124_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.24")
+LATEST_125_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.25")
 
 
 LATEST_120_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_120_TAG)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ LATEST_121_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_121_TAG)
 LATEST_122_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_122_TAG)
 LATEST_123_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_123_TAG)
 LATEST_124_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_124_TAG)
+LATEST_125_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_125_TAG)
 
 cat << EOF | tee ./devel/cluster/kind_cluster_node_versions.sh > ./make/kind_images.sh
 # Copyright 2022 The cert-manager Authors.
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ KIND_IMAGE_K8S_121=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_121_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_122=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_122_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_123_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_124_DIGEST
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_125=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_125_DIGEST
 
 # $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_120_TAG
 KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_120=$LATEST_120_DIGEST
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_123=$LATEST_123_DIGEST
 # $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_124_TAG
 KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_124=$LATEST_124_DIGEST
 
+# $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_125_TAG
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_125=$LATEST_125_DIGEST
+
 # note that these 'full' digests should be avoided since not all tools support them
 # prefer KIND_IMAGE_K8S_*** instead
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_120=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_120_TAG@$LATEST_120_DIGEST
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_121=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_121_TAG@$LATEST_121_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_122_TAG@$LATEST_122_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_123_TAG@$LATEST_123_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_124_TAG@$LATEST_124_DIGEST
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_125=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_125_TAG@$LATEST_125_DIGEST
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/make/cluster.sh b/make/cluster.sh
index dedb5a489..5383d1356 100755
--- a/make/cluster.sh
+++ b/make/cluster.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -e
 source ./make/kind_images.sh
 
 mode=kind
-k8s_version=1.24
+k8s_version=1.25
 kind_cluster_name=kind
 
 help() {
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ case "$k8s_version" in
 1.22*) image=$KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122 ;;
 1.23*) image=$KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123 ;;
 1.24*) image=$KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124 ;;
+1.25*) image=$KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_125 ;;
 v*) printf "${red}${redcross}Error${end}: Kubernetes version must be given without the leading 'v'\n" >&2 && exit 1 ;;
 *) printf "${red}${redcross}Error${end}: unsupported Kubernetes version ${yel}${k8s_version}${end}\n" >&2 && exit 1 ;;
 esac
diff --git a/make/kind_images.sh b/make/kind_images.sh
index f8a5bdbbf..a1ce0df6d 100644
--- a/make/kind_images.sh
+++ b/make/kind_images.sh
@@ -13,33 +13,38 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # generated by ./hack/latest-kind-images.sh
-# 1.24 image SHA has been edited by hand to match that recommended to be used with kind 0.14 https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.14.0
 
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
-KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+KIND_IMAGE_K8S_125=docker.io/kindest/node@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
 
 # docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_120=sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_120=sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.12
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_121=sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.14
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_121=sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.9
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_122=sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.15
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_122=sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.6
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_123=sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.12
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_123=sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
 
-# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.0
-KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_124=sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.6
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_124=sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+
+# docker.io/kindest/node:v1.25.2
+KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_125=sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
 
 # note that these 'full' digests should be avoided since not all tools support them
 # prefer KIND_IMAGE_K8S_*** instead
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.12@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.9@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.6@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
-KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.0@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_120=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:d67de8f84143adebe80a07672f370365ec7d23f93dc86866f0e29fa29ce026fe
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_121=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.21.14@sha256:f9b4d3d1112f24a7254d2ee296f177f628f9b4c1b32f0006567af11b91c1f301
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_122=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.22.15@sha256:bfd5eaae36849bfb3c1e3b9442f3da17d730718248939d9d547e86bbac5da586
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_123=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.23.12@sha256:9402cf1330bbd3a0d097d2033fa489b2abe40d479cc5ef47d0b6a6960613148a
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.24.6@sha256:97e8d00bc37a7598a0b32d1fabd155a96355c49fa0d4d4790aab0f161bf31be1
+KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_125=docker.io/kindest/node:v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
+