diff --git a/3/ansible.in b/3/ansible.in
index 33dcc8e6d3b..2f92244aa5e 100644
--- a/3/ansible.in
+++ b/3/ansible.in
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ ibm.qradar
 infinidat.infinibox
 #infobox.nios_modules # NOT FOR 2.10 https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/issues/7
 junipernetworks.junos
+# community.kubernetes shall be renamed to kubernetes.core, they are already the same build artifact
+# https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubernetes/issues/221
+kubernetes.core
 mellanox.onyx
 netapp.aws
 netapp.elementsw
diff --git a/3/collection-meta.yaml b/3/collection-meta.yaml
index a23e081a700..22416e22d5f 100644
--- a/3/collection-meta.yaml
+++ b/3/collection-meta.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ collections:
     maintainers:
       - rndmh3ro
       - schurzi
+  kubernetes.core:
+    maintainers:
+      - jillr
+      - akasurde
+      - gravesm