diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0ff4647..b109f7f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ jobs:
             curl -Lo ./kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.20.0/kind-$(uname)-amd64
             chmod +x ./kind
             sudo mv ./kind /usr/bin/kind
+      - run:
+          name: Download kubectl
+          command: |
+            curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.26.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+            chmod +x ./kubectl
+            sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
       - run:
           name: Create kind cluster
           command: |