diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/KubeAPIServer.java b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/KubeAPIServer.java
index 63afce4..9899b7d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/KubeAPIServer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/KubeAPIServer.java
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public KubeAPIServer(KubeAPIServerConfig config) {
   }
 
   public void start() {
+    startAsync();
+    waitUntilReady();
+  }
+
+  public void startAsync() {
     log.debug("Stating API Server. Using jenvtest dir: {}", config.getJenvtestDir());
     binaryManager.initAndDownloadIfRequired();
     certManager.createCertificatesIfNeeded();
@@ -45,6 +50,9 @@ public void start() {
     if (config.isUpdateKubeConfig()) {
       kubeConfig.updateKubeConfig(apiServerPort);
     }
+  }
+
+  public void waitUntilReady() {
     kubeApiServerProcess.waitUntilReady();
     log.debug("API Server ready to use");
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/KubeAPIServerProcess.java b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/KubeAPIServerProcess.java
index aef9548..38d6698 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/KubeAPIServerProcess.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/KubeAPIServerProcess.java
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ public void waitUntilReady() {
     var readinessChecker = new ProcessReadinessChecker();
     var timeout = config.getStartupTimeout();
     var startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    // the 1.29.0 binary has issue with this. Will temporarily comment out and further investigate.
-    // But with this now all the executions are failing
-    // readinessChecker.waitUntilReady(apiServerPort, "readyz", KUBE_API_SERVER, true, timeout);
+    readinessChecker.waitUntilReady(apiServerPort, "readyz", KUBE_API_SERVER, true, timeout);
     int newTimout = (int) (timeout - (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime));
     readinessChecker.waitUntilDefaultNamespaceAvailable(apiServerPort, binaryManager, certManager,
         config, newTimout);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/ProcessReadinessChecker.java b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/ProcessReadinessChecker.java
index f614767..df5dd8c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/ProcessReadinessChecker.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/jenvtest/process/ProcessReadinessChecker.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public void checkServerTrusted(
           null);
       return HttpClient.newBuilder()
           .sslContext(sslContext)
+          .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
           .build();
     } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
       throw new JenvtestException(e);