diff --git a/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/pom.xml
index ada6628ae1c5..f779eea660ea 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <kubernetes.client.version>11.0.1</kubernetes.client.version>
+    <kubernetes.client.version>16.0.0</kubernetes.client.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>