diff --git a/features/_scicommon/exec.config b/features/_scicommon/exec.config
index 5efda44..d18e272 100755
--- a/features/_scicommon/exec.config
+++ b/features/_scicommon/exec.config
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for feature in "${FEATURES[@]}"; do
 done
 
 # capi versions: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases
-CAPI_VERSION=v1.33.0
+CAPI_VERSION=v1.35.0
 K8S_VERSION_REPO="${CAPI_VERSION%.*}"
 
 # key can be downloaded liek e.g.
diff --git a/features/_scicommon/pkgs-k8s-io_v1.33_release.key b/features/_scicommon/pkgs-k8s-io_v1.35_release.key
similarity index 100%
rename from features/_scicommon/pkgs-k8s-io_v1.33_release.key
rename to features/_scicommon/pkgs-k8s-io_v1.35_release.key