diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 22fa85d14fc4..b0afaceca158 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api => ../
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
-	github.com/docker/docker v26.0.2+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v26.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.0
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index ecbbbe2e4e9c..f80cbdabda2e 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
-github.com/docker/docker v26.0.2+incompatible h1:yGVmKUFGgcxA6PXWAokO0sQL22BrQ67cgVjko8tGdXE=
-github.com/docker/docker v26.0.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v26.1.0+incompatible h1:W1G9MPNbskA6VZWL7b3ZljTh0pXI68FpINx0GKaOdaM=
+github.com/docker/docker v26.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0 h1:USnMq7hx7gwdVZq1L49hLXaFtUdTADjXGp+uj1Br63c=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0/go.mod h1:ov60Kzw0kKElRwhNs9UlUHAE/F9Fe6GLaXnqyDdmEXc=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw=