Bump sigs.k8s.io/kind from 0.27.0 to 0.28.0 (#1676)

Bumps [sigs.k8s.io/kind](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) from 0.27.0 to 0.28.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases)
- [Commits](kubernetes-sigs/kind@v0.27.0...v0.28.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: sigs.k8s.io/kind
  dependency-version: 0.28.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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