diff --git a/class/defaults.yml b/class/defaults.yml
index 61075ebf..203139b4 100644
--- a/class/defaults.yml
+++ b/class/defaults.yml
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ parameters:
       kubectl:
         registry: docker.io
         image: bitnami/kubectl
-        tag: '1.27.2@sha256:8f91a6ef9c317d70f1697062e48681fc39daa0bef89ecb0e6443c630143edad6'
+        tag: '1.27.8@sha256:66ab0ca309cd64c6649e7b97229c9a13d513d7c2371b74679d9f462bfe10e002'
diff --git a/tests/golden/olm-opensource/cilium/cilium/olm/99_cleanup.yaml b/tests/golden/olm-opensource/cilium/cilium/olm/99_cleanup.yaml
index 44fa6341..4f783fab 100644
--- a/tests/golden/olm-opensource/cilium/cilium/olm/99_cleanup.yaml
+++ b/tests/golden/olm-opensource/cilium/cilium/olm/99_cleanup.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: HOME
               value: /home
-          image: docker.io/bitnami/kubectl:1.27.2@sha256:8f91a6ef9c317d70f1697062e48681fc39daa0bef89ecb0e6443c630143edad6
+          image: docker.io/bitnami/kubectl:1.27.8@sha256:66ab0ca309cd64c6649e7b97229c9a13d513d7c2371b74679d9f462bfe10e002
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: cleanup-old-clusterserviceversions
           ports: []