diff --git a/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
index 4a7c95529..ecf923b43 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 ---
+kube_version_repo: "v1.28"
+# the list of k8s package versions are available here
+# https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{ kube_version_repo }}/deb/Packages
+kube_version: "1.28.4-1.1"
+calico_version: "v3.25"
+helm_version: "v3.6.3"
+crictl_version: "v1.26.1"
+
 kubectl:
   user: zuul
   group: zuul
diff --git a/roles/deploy-env/files/kubeadm_config.yaml b/roles/deploy-env/files/kubeadm_config.yaml
index 147b0c6ef..8c3d8ef91 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-env/files/kubeadm_config.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-env/files/kubeadm_config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: KubeProxyConfiguration
 mode: ipvs
 ...
 ---
-apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta2
+apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3
 kind: ClusterConfiguration
 networking:
   serviceSubnet: "{{ kubeadm.service_cidr }}"  # --service-cidr
diff --git a/roles/deploy-env/tasks/common_k8s.yaml b/roles/deploy-env/tasks/common_k8s.yaml
index 530f8ce20..432a45eda 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-env/tasks/common_k8s.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-env/tasks/common_k8s.yaml
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@
 
 - name: Add Kubernetes apt repository key
   apt_key:
-    url: https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
+    url: "https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{ kube_version_repo }}/deb/Release.key"
     state: present
 
 - name: Add Kubernetes apt repository
   apt_repository:
-    repo: deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
+    repo: "deb https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{ kube_version_repo }}/deb/ /"
     state: present
     filename: kubernetes.list
 
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index efcb22bba..67f2577e5 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@
       loopback_device: /dev/loop100
       loopback_image: "/opt/ext_vol/openstack-helm/ceph-loop.img"
       ceph_osd_data_device: /dev/loop100
-      # the k8s package versions are available here
-      # https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/dists/kubernetes-xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages
-      kube_version: "1.26.3-00"
+      kube_version: "1.28.4-1.1"
       calico_version: "v3.25"
       helm_version: "v3.6.3"
       yq_version: "v4.6.0"