diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-test.yml b/.github/workflows/install-test.yml
index 2bc4bbc..0351cc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-test.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
       # invisible there. The value mirrors K3S_IMAGE above (v1.35.5), which is
       # the cluster this client talks to.
       # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes/kubernetes
-      KUBECTL_VERSION: v1.35.5
+      KUBECTL_VERSION: v1.37.1
       # The same expression as runs-on above, written a second time because the
       # env context is not available in runs-on - so it cannot be the other way
       # round, and reading the label back off the runner is not possible either