diff --git a/hack/config/kyverno/kustomization.yaml b/hack/config/kyverno/kustomization.yaml
index b0959d6c..3f3d845a 100644
--- a/hack/config/kyverno/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/hack/config/kyverno/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
 resources:
-- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/download/v1.12.5/install.yaml
+- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/download/v1.12.6/install.yaml
 
 configMapGenerator:
 - name: kyverno
diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
index 61ecddde..c25308a4 100644
--- a/hack/tools.mk
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $(KUBECTL): $(call tool_version_file,$(KUBECTL),$(KUBECTL_VERSION))
 
 KYVERNO := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/kyverno
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kyverno/kyverno
-KYVERNO_VERSION ?= v1.12.5
+KYVERNO_VERSION ?= v1.12.6
 $(KYVERNO): $(call tool_version_file,$(KYVERNO),$(KYVERNO_VERSION))
 	curl -Lo - https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/download/$(KYVERNO_VERSION)/kyverno-cli_$(KYVERNO_VERSION)_$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(shell uname -m | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz | tar -xzmf - -C $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) kyverno
 	chmod +x $(KYVERNO)