diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5fa02e1..3c5ce3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ VERSION := latest
 # Produce CRDs that work back to Kubernetes 1.11 (no version conversion)
 CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=true,preserveUnknownFields=false"
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME ?= "gatling-cluster"
-K8S_NODE_IMAGE ?= v1.21.10
+K8S_NODE_IMAGE ?= v1.32.0
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION ?= 1.30.0
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)