diff --git a/modules/k3s/build.gradle b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
index 17dab8a4537..d82683a4370 100644
--- a/modules/k3s/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Any >2.8 version here is not compatible with jackson-databind 2.8.x.
     shaded 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.8.8'
 
-    testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:6.13.1'
+    testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:7.3.1'
     testImplementation 'io.kubernetes:client-java:24.0.0-legacy'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.3'
 }