diff --git a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/common-instancetypes/common-instancetypes-presubmits.yaml b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/common-instancetypes/common-instancetypes-presubmits.yaml
index 0c31cb20de..5f9f79c3ec 100644
--- a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/common-instancetypes/common-instancetypes-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/common-instancetypes/common-instancetypes-presubmits.yaml
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ presubmits:
         - "sudo dnf install binutils-gold -y && make kubevirt-up && make kubevirt-sync && make kubevirt-functest"
         env:
         - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE
           value: 16G
+        - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
+          value: "1"
         - name: FUNCTEST_EXTRA_ARGS
           value: '--ginkgo.focus="VirtualMachine using a preference is able to boot a Linux guest with .*Fedora"'
         image: quay.io/kubevirtci/golang:v20241206-ae344ab
@@ -290,9 +292,11 @@ presubmits:
         - "sudo dnf install binutils-gold -y && make kubevirt-up && make kubevirt-sync && make kubevirt-functest"
         env:
         - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE
           value: 16G
+        - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
+          value: "1"
         - name: FUNCTEST_EXTRA_ARGS
           value: '--ginkgo.focus="VirtualMachine using a preference is able to boot a Linux guest with .*CentOS Stream 9"'
         image: quay.io/kubevirtci/golang:v20241206-ae344ab
@@ -379,9 +383,11 @@ presubmits:
         - "sudo dnf install binutils-gold -y && make kubevirt-up && make kubevirt-sync && make kubevirt-functest"
         env:
         - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE
           value: 16G
+        - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
+          value: "1"
         - name: FUNCTEST_EXTRA_ARGS
           value: '--ginkgo.focus="VirtualMachine using a preference is able to boot a Linux guest with .*Ubuntu"'
         image: quay.io/kubevirtci/golang:v20241206-ae344ab
@@ -507,9 +513,11 @@ presubmits:
         - "sudo dnf install binutils-gold -y && make kubevirt-up && make kubevirt-sync && make kubevirt-functest"
         env:
         - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE
           value: 16G
+        - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
+          value: "1"
         - name: FUNCTEST_EXTRA_ARGS
           value: '--ginkgo.focus="VirtualMachine using a preference is able to boot a Linux guest with .*OpenSUSE Leap"'
         image: quay.io/kubevirtci/golang:v20241206-ae344ab
diff --git a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-periodics.yaml b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-periodics.yaml
index 6803045cb0..4d0113fefb 100644
--- a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-periodics.yaml
+++ b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-periodics.yaml
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ periodics:
       - automation/test.sh
       env:
       - name: TARGET
-        value: kind-1.28
+        value: kind-1.31
       - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-        value: kind-1.28
+        value: kind-1.31
       - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
         value: "1"
       - name: KUBEVIRT_E2E_FOCUS
diff --git a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-presubmits.yaml b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-presubmits.yaml
index 079f42738b..f7299bd5d3 100644
--- a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirt/kubevirt-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ presubmits:
           automation/test.sh
         env:
         - name: TARGET
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
           value: "1"
         - name: KUBEVIRT_E2E_FOCUS
@@ -1069,9 +1069,9 @@ presubmits:
           automation/conformance.sh
         env:
         - name: TARGET
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER
-          value: kind-1.28
+          value: kind-1.31
         - name: KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES
           value: "3"
         - name: IPFAMILY