diff --git a/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_util.go b/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_util.go
index ceed622e9670..01b1d3841c1d 100644
--- a/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_util.go
+++ b/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_util.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	kindv1 "sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha4"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/framework/internal/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/infrastructure/container"
 	kindmapper "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/infrastructure/kind"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/version"
 )
 
 // CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImagesInput is the input for CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImages.
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ func CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImages(ctx context.Context, input CreateKi
 
 	options := []KindClusterOption{}
 	if input.KubernetesVersion != "" {
-		semVer, err := version.ParseMajorMinorPatchTolerant(input.KubernetesVersion)
+		semVer, err := semver.ParseTolerant(input.KubernetesVersion)
 		if err != nil {
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "could not parse KubernetesVersion version")
 		}
+
 		kindMapping := kindmapper.GetMapping(semVer, "")
 
 		options = append(options, WithNodeImage(kindMapping.Image))