diff --git a/hack/functest.sh b/hack/functest.sh
index dd02389d..532b8e20 100755
--- a/hack/functest.sh
+++ b/hack/functest.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ echo "Building and installing capk manager container"
 
 echo "Running e2e test suite"
 export KUBECONFIG=$(./kubevirtci kubeconfig)
-export TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.23.10"
+export TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.24.9"
 export NODE_VM_IMAGE_TEMPLATE=quay.io/capk/ubuntu-2004-container-disk:${TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 export CRI_PATH=/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock
 export ROOT_VOLUME_SIZE=13Gi
diff --git a/kubevirtci b/kubevirtci
index dd29c613..e3b034eb 100755
--- a/kubevirtci
+++ b/kubevirtci
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 export KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER=${KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER:-k8s-1.23}
-export TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION=${TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION:-v1.23.10}
+export TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION=${TENANT_CLUSTER_KUBERNETES_VERSION:-v1.24.9}
 export KUBEVIRTCI_TAG=${KUBEVIRTCI_TAG:-2205231118-f12b50e}
 export KUBEVIRT_DEPLOY_PROMETHEUS=false
 export KUBEVIRT_DEPLOY_CDI=false