diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 88414b09..50974d12 100755
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 
 OUTPUT=${PULSAR_CHART_HOME}/output
 OUTPUT_BIN=${OUTPUT}/bin
-KUBECTL_VERSION=1.28.2
+KUBECTL_VERSION=1.27.3
 KUBECTL_BIN=$OUTPUT_BIN/kubectl
 HELM_BIN=$OUTPUT_BIN/helm
 HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
diff --git a/hack/kind-cluster-build.sh b/hack/kind-cluster-build.sh
index 99109728..330ce79b 100755
--- a/hack/kind-cluster-build.sh
+++ b/hack/kind-cluster-build.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ clusterName=${clusterName:-pulsar-dev}
 nodeNum=${nodeNum:-6}
 # k8sVersion must be compatible with the used kind version
 # see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.20.0 for the list of supported k8s versions for kind 0.20.0
-k8sVersion=${k8sVersion:-v1.21.14@sha256:8a4e9bb3f415d2bb81629ce33ef9c76ba514c14d707f9797a01e3216376ba093}
+k8sVersion=${k8sVersion:-v1.27.2@sha256:3966ac761ae0136263ffdb6cfd4db23ef8a83cba8a463690e98317add2c9ba72}
 volumeNum=${volumeNum:-9}
 
 echo "clusterName: ${clusterName}"