diff --git a/modules/k3s/build.gradle b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
index e1454505c7e..17dab8a4537 100644
--- a/modules/k3s/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ dependencies {
     shaded 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.8.8'
 
     testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:6.13.1'
-    testImplementation 'io.kubernetes:client-java:21.0.1-legacy'
+    testImplementation 'io.kubernetes:client-java:24.0.0-legacy'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.3'
 }