diff --git a/build-s2i-python-kopf/install/requirements.txt b/build-s2i-python-kopf/install/requirements.txt
index aadbed5b1..6d330aae5 100644
--- a/build-s2i-python-kopf/install/requirements.txt
+++ b/build-s2i-python-kopf/install/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kopf==1.36.2
-kubernetes==26.1.0
+kubernetes==28.1.0
 kubernetes-asyncio==24.2.3
 openshift==0.13.2
 pykube-ng==23.6.0