diff --git a/modules/k3s/build.gradle b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
index 5007c832e7f..075078f36d9 100644
--- a/modules/k3s/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Any >2.8 version here is not compatible with jackson-databind 2.8.x.
     shaded 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.8.8'
 
-    testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:5.11.0'
+    testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:5.12.1'
     testImplementation 'io.kubernetes:client-java:14.0.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.22.0'
 }