diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 30ccee7..5a262d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: nolar/setup-k3d-k3s@v1
         with:
-          version: v1.25
+          version: v1.26
           k3d-name: kube
           k3d-args: "--no-lb --no-rollback --k3s-arg --disable=traefik,servicelb,metrics-server@server:*"
       - run: kubectl apply -f yaml/crd.yaml
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ jobs:
           path: /tmp
       - name: Load docker image from tarball
         run: docker load --input /tmp/image.tar
-      - run: helm template charts/doc-controller | kubectl apply -f -
-      - run: kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/doc-controller --timeout=20s
+      - run: helm template charts/doc-controller --set version="latest" | kubectl apply -f -
+      - run: kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/doc-controller --timeout=30s
       - run: kubectl apply -f yaml/instance-samuel.yaml
       - run: sleep 2 # TODO: add condition on status and wait for it instead
       # verify reconcile actions have happened
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 600f532..1eeecc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ telemetry = ["tonic", "opentelemetry-otlp"]
 actix-web = "4.3.1"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-k8s-openapi = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["v1_25"], default-features = false }
+k8s-openapi = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["v1_26"], default-features = false }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.12", features = ["chrono"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.182", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.104"