diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml b/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
index 3991cffa8..8b82335d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
           wget -O- https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download/v1.31.0/minikube-linux-amd64 > /tmp/bin/minikube
           chmod +x /tmp/bin/minikube
-          minikube start --driver=docker --kubernetes-version 1.16.0
+          minikube start --driver=docker --kubernetes-version 1.21.0
           eval $(minikube docker-env --shell=bash)
 
           # Ensure that there is no existing kapp installed