diff --git a/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml b/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
index 2673600f56..d0a65037c3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml
@@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ providers:
 
 variables:
   # Ensure all Kubernetes versions used here are covered in patch-vsphere-template.yaml
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT: "v1.31.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.31.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.30.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.31.0"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_LATEST_CI: "ci/latest-1.32"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT: "v1.32.0-rc.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.32.0-rc.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM: "v1.31.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.32.0-rc.0"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_LATEST_CI: "ci/latest-1.33"
   CPI_IMAGE_K8S_VERSION: "v1.32.0-beta.1"
   CNI: "./data/cni/calico/calico.yaml"
   AUTOSCALER_WORKLOAD: "./data/autoscaler/autoscaler-to-management-workload.yaml"