diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 492ecabfefe..1c0ef47fc65 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ dependencies:
       match: BUNDLED_ETCD_VERSIONS\?|LATEST_ETCD_VERSION\?
     - path: cluster/images/etcd/migrate/options.go
 
+  - name: "node-problem-detector"
+    version: 0.8.13
+    refPaths:
+    - path: test/e2e_node/image_list.go
+      match: const defaultImage
+    # TODO(dims): Ensure newer versions get uploaded to
+    # - https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/gke-release/winnode/node-problem-detector
+    # - https://gcsweb.k8s.io/gcs/kubernetes-release/node-problem-detector/
+    # and then the following references get fixed.
+    #
+    # - path: cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+    #  match: DEFAULT_NPD_VERSION=
+    #- path: cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
+    #  match: DEFAULT_NPD_VERSION
+
   # From https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/main/Makefile
   - name: "golang: etcd release version"
     version: 1.19.9 # https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/main/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
index 500e54ed2d4..31d7af10d12 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func isRunningOnArm64() bool {
 }
 
 func getNodeProblemDetectorImage() string {
-	const defaultImage string = "registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.7"
+	const defaultImage string = "registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.13"
 	image := os.Getenv("NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_IMAGE")
 	if image == "" {
 		image = defaultImage