diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
index 36edced1cf..33354ac681 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 package defaults
 
 // Image is the default for the Config.Image field, aka the default node image.
-const Image = "kindest/node:v1.25.0@sha256:428aaa17ec82ccde0131cb2d1ca6547d13cf5fdabcc0bbecf749baa935387cbf"
+const Image = "kindest/node:v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace"