diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index d546c947c5ea..682e07af8569 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 v25.0.5+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v26.0.0+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
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/docker-image-spec v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 481eb752cb23..f90a759d95ea 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ 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 v0.5.0 h1:/FUIFXtfc/x2gpa5/VGfiGLuOIdYa1t65IKK2OFGvA0=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
-github.com/docker/docker v25.0.5+incompatible h1:UmQydMduGkrD5nQde1mecF/YnSbTOaPeFIeP5C4W+DE=
-github.com/docker/docker v25.0.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v26.0.0+incompatible h1:Ng2qi+gdKADUa/VM+6b6YaY2nlZhk/lVJiKR/2bMudU=
+github.com/docker/docker v26.0.0+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=
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RR
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 h1:G2LzWKi524PWgd3mLHV8Y5k7s6XUvT0Gef6zxSIeXaQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
+github.com/moby/docker-image-spec v1.3.1 h1:jMKff3w6PgbfSa69GfNg+zN/XLhfXJGnEx3Nl2EsFP0=
+github.com/moby/docker-image-spec v1.3.1/go.mod h1:eKmb5VW8vQEh/BAr2yvVNvuiJuY6UIocYsFu/DxxRpo=
 github.com/moby/spdystream v0.2.0 h1:cjW1zVyyoiM0T7b6UoySUFqzXMoqRckQtXwGPiBhOM8=
 github.com/moby/spdystream v0.2.0/go.mod h1:f7i0iNDQJ059oMTcWxx8MA/zKFIuD/lY+0GqbN2Wy8c=
 github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20221205130635-1aeaba878587 h1:HfkjXDfhgVaN5rmueG8cL8KKeFNecRCXFhaJ2qZ5SKA=