diff --git a/hack/toolchain.sh b/hack/toolchain.sh
index 39911c2bbf9b..d85449da6c26 100755
--- a/hack/toolchain.sh
+++ b/hack/toolchain.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-K8S_VERSION="${K8S_VERSION:="1.27.x"}"
+K8S_VERSION="${K8S_VERSION:="1.28.x"}"
 KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin"
 
 main() {
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ kubebuilder() {
     sudo mkdir -p ${KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS}
     sudo chown "${USER}" ${KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS}
     arch=$(go env GOARCH)
-    ## Kubebuilder does not support darwin/arm64, so use amd64 through Rosetta instead
-    if [[ $(go env GOOS) == "darwin" ]] && [[ $(go env GOARCH) == "arm64" ]]; then
-        arch="amd64"
-    fi
     ln -sf $(setup-envtest use -p path "${K8S_VERSION}" --arch="${arch}" --bin-dir="${KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS}")/* ${KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS}
     find $KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS
 }