diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec40ecd..6ce5455 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <k8s.client.version>16.0.2</k8s.client.version>
+        <k8s.client.version>22.0.1-legacy</k8s.client.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     </properties>