diff --git a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
index 6e46cf2..f7bc701 100644
--- a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ aliases:
   kubernetes-csi-reviewers:
   - andyzhangx
   - carlory
-  - chrishenzie
   - ggriffiths
   - gnufied
   - humblec
diff --git a/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml b/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
index 99044b8..1693df8 100644
--- a/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ steps:
   # The image must contain bash and curl. Ideally it should also contain
   # the desired version of Go (currently defined in release-tools/prow.sh),
   # but that just speeds up the build and is not required.
-  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-testimages/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20230623-56e06d7c18'
+  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-testimages/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20240718-5ef92b5c36'
     entrypoint: ./.cloudbuild.sh
     env:
     - GIT_TAG=${_GIT_TAG}
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 7124b40..b2628d0 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.23.1" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.24.2" "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
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ kind_version_default () {
         latest|master)
             echo main;;
         *)
-            echo v0.14.0;;
+            echo v0.25.0;;
     esac
 }
 
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ 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:v1.24.0@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
-kindest/node:v1.23.6@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
-kindest/node:v1.22.9@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
-kindest/node:v1.21.12@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
-kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
-kindest/node:v1.19.16@sha256:d9c819e8668de8d5030708e484a9fdff44d95ec4675d136ef0a0a584e587f65c
-kindest/node:v1.18.20@sha256:738cdc23ed4be6cc0b7ea277a2ebcc454c8373d7d8fb991a7fcdbd126188e6d7" "kind 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"
 
 # By default, this script tests sidecars with the CSI hostpath driver,
 # using the install_csi_driver function. That function depends on
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_PATH "${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" "CSI S
 # of the cluster. The alternative would have been to (cross-)compile csi-sanity
 # and install it inside the cluster, which is not necessarily easier.
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test "csi-test repo"
-configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_VERSION v5.2.0 "csi-test version"
+configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_VERSION v5.3.1 "csi-test version"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_PACKAGE_PATH github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test "csi-test package"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_SERVICE "hostpath-service" "Kubernetes TCP service name that exposes csi.sock"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_POD "csi-hostpathplugin-0" "Kubernetes pod with CSI driver"
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ run_with_go () {
     else
         version=local
     fi
-    GOTOOLCHAIN=$version run "$@"
+    # Set GOMODCACHE to make sure Kubernetes does not need to download again.
+    GOTOOLCHAIN=$version GOMODCACHE="$(go env GOMODCACHE)" run "$@"
 }
 
 # Ensure that we have the desired version of kind.