diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index af97debaf7c..622855393c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -71,10 +71,24 @@ jobs:
           ./hack/build-antrea-linux-all.sh --pull --distro ${{ inputs.antrea-image-distro }}
       - name: Install Kind
         run: |
-          KIND_VERSION=$(head -n1 ./ci/kind/version || echo v0.20.0)
+          KIND_VERSION=$(head -n1 ./ci/kind/version || echo v0.23.0)
           curl -Lo ./kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-$(uname)-amd64
           chmod +x ./kind
           sudo mv kind /usr/local/bin
+      - name: Prepare local Machine for Conformance test
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ inputs.k8s-version }}" != "latest" ]; then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          sudo apt install -y skopeo jq
+          # Building a local Kind Node image with the latest Kubernetes version will consume a lot of disk space.
+          # We need to free up some disk space before building the image.
+          sudo apt-get clean
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet || true
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc || true
+          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost" || true
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY" || true
+
       - name: Create K8s cluster
         run: |
           # If an image does not exist (unified vs split), a warning will be printed, but the script
@@ -108,7 +122,11 @@ jobs:
           kubectl rollout status -n kube-system ds/antrea-agent --timeout=5m
       - name: Run e2e tests
         run: |
-          ./ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh "--e2e-${{ inputs.test-suite }}"
+          conformance_image_options=()
+          if [ ${{ inputs.k8s-version == 'latest' }} ]; then
+            conformance_image_options+=(--conformance-image "registry.k8s.io/conformance:$(skopeo list-tags docker://registry.k8s.io/conformance | jq -r '.Tags[]' | sort -V | tail -n 1)")
+          fi
+          ./ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh "--e2e-${{ inputs.test-suite }}" ${conformance_image_options[@]}
       - name: Upload test log
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: ${{ failure() || inputs.always-upload-logs }}
diff --git a/ci/kind/kind-setup.sh b/ci/kind/kind-setup.sh
index 26a8fae1a1f..0cf47dd16c5 100755
--- a/ci/kind/kind-setup.sh
+++ b/ci/kind/kind-setup.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ PROMETHEUS=false
 K8S_VERSION=""
 KUBE_NODE_IPAM=true
 DEPLOY_EXTERNAL_SERVER=false
+CONFORMANCE_IMAGE=""
 positional_args=()
 options=()
 
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ EOF
 
   IMAGE_OPT=""
   if [[ "$K8S_VERSION" != "" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$K8S_VERSION" != v* ]]; then
+    if [[ "$K8S_VERSION" != v* ]] && [[ "$K8S_VERSION" != "latest" ]]; then
       K8S_VERSION="v${K8S_VERSION}"
     fi
     IMAGE_OPT="--image kindest/node:${K8S_VERSION}"
@@ -665,6 +666,14 @@ if version_lt "$kind_version" "0.12.0" && [[ "$KUBE_PROXY_MODE" == "none" ]]; th
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# When k8s-version is "latest", build node image with the latest k8s version
+if [[ "$K8S_VERSION" == "latest" ]]; then
+    echo "=== Building kind node image with the latest k8s version ==="
+    kind_node_image="kindest/node:latest"
+    git clone -b master https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.git ${THIS_DIR}/kubernetes
+    kind build node-image --image=$kind_node_image ${THIS_DIR}/kubernetes
+fi
+
 if [[ $ACTION == "create" ]]; then
     if [[ ! -z $SUBNETS ]] && [[ ! -z $EXTRA_NETWORKS ]]; then
         echoerr "Only one of '--subnets' and '--extra-networks' can be specified"
diff --git a/ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh b/ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh
index 5bb3389852a..9e98aade4bb 100755
--- a/ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-k8s-e2e-tests.sh
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ IMAGE_PULL_POLICY="Always"
 CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_CONFIG_PATH="${THIS_DIR}/conformance-image-config.yaml"
 SONOBUOY_IMAGE="antrea/sonobuoy:v0.56.16"
 SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE="antrea/systemd-logs:v0.4"
+CONFORMANCE_IMAGE=""
 
 _usage="Usage: $0 [--e2e-conformance] [--e2e-network-policy] [--e2e-focus <TestRegex>] [--e2e-skip <SkipRegex>]
                   [--kubeconfig <Kubeconfig>] [--kubernetes-version <ConformanceImageVersion>]
-                  [--log-mode <SonobuoyResultLogLevel>]
+                  [--log-mode <SonobuoyResultLogLevel>] [--conformance-image <ConformanceImage>]
 Run the K8s e2e community tests (Conformance & Network Policy) which are relevant to Project Antrea,
 using the sonobuoy tool. Possible exit codes are 0 (all tests pass), 1 (all tests were run, but at
 least one failed) and 2 (internal error when running tests, not a test failure).
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ least one failed) and 2 (internal error when running tests, not a test failure).
         --log-mode                                                Use the flag to set either 'report', 'detail', or 'dump' level data for sonobuoy results.
         --image-pull-policy                                       The ImagePullPolicy Sonobuoy should use for the aggregators and workers. (default Always)
         --sonobuoy-image SonobuoyImage                            Sonobuoy image to use. Default is $SONOBUOY_IMAGE.
+        --conformance-image                                       Conformance image to use. If not set, the default image will be used.
         --help, -h                                                Print this message and exit
 
 This tool uses sonobuoy (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy) to run the K8s e2e community
@@ -138,6 +140,10 @@ case $key in
     SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE="$2"
     shift 2
     ;;
+    --conformance-image)
+    CONFORMANCE_IMAGE="$2"
+    shift 2
+    ;;
     -h|--help)
     print_usage
     exit 0
@@ -167,6 +173,10 @@ errors=0
 function run_sonobuoy() {
     local focus_regex="$1"
     local skip_regex="$2"
+    conformance_image_option=()
+    if [[ "$CONFORMANCE_IMAGE" != "" ]]; then
+        conformance_image_option=(--kube-conformance-image "$CONFORMANCE_IMAGE")
+    fi
 
     $SONOBUOY delete --wait=10 $KUBECONFIG_OPTION
     echo "Running tests with sonobuoy. While test is running, check logs with: $SONOBUOY $KUBECONFIG_OPTION logs -f."
@@ -176,14 +186,14 @@ function run_sonobuoy() {
                 $KUBECONFIG_OPTION \
                 $KUBE_CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_VERSION_OPTION \
                 --mode "certified-conformance" --image-pull-policy ${IMAGE_PULL_POLICY} \
-                --sonobuoy-image ${SONOBUOY_IMAGE} --systemd-logs-image ${SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE} --e2e-repo-config ${CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_CONFIG_PATH}
+                --sonobuoy-image ${SONOBUOY_IMAGE} --systemd-logs-image ${SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE} --e2e-repo-config ${CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_CONFIG_PATH} ${conformance_image_option[@]}
     else
         $SONOBUOY run --wait \
                 $KUBECONFIG_OPTION \
                 --e2e-parallel=true \
                 $KUBE_CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_VERSION_OPTION \
                 --e2e-focus "$focus_regex" --e2e-skip "$skip_regex" --image-pull-policy ${IMAGE_PULL_POLICY} \
-                --sonobuoy-image ${SONOBUOY_IMAGE} --systemd-logs-image ${SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE} --e2e-repo-config ${CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_CONFIG_PATH}
+                --sonobuoy-image ${SONOBUOY_IMAGE} --systemd-logs-image ${SYSTEMD_LOGS_IMAGE} --e2e-repo-config ${CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_CONFIG_PATH} ${conformance_image_option[@]}
     fi
     set +x
     results_path=$($SONOBUOY retrieve $KUBECONFIG_OPTION)
@@ -208,6 +218,7 @@ function run_conformance() {
 }
 
 function run_whole_conformance() {
+    echo "Running whole conformance tests"
     run_sonobuoy "" ""
 }