diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
index 9b5e14db..b86f3a86 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        k8sVersion: ["1.18", "1.19", "1.20", "1.21", "1.22", "1.23", "1.24", "1.25"]
+        k8sVersion: ["1.22", "1.23", "1.24", "1.25", "1.26"]
     steps:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 827dc354..bfba90e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <p>
   <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Kubernetes-%3E%3D%201.18-brightgreen" alt="kubernetes">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Kubernetes-%3E%3D%201.22-brightgreen" alt="kubernetes">
   </a>
   <a href="https://golang.org/doc/go1.19">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/aws/aws-node-termination-handler?color=blueviolet" alt="go-version">
diff --git a/test/k8s-compatibility-test/run-k8s-compatibility-test.sh b/test/k8s-compatibility-test/run-k8s-compatibility-test.sh
index 6052a0f3..407f2ec5 100755
--- a/test/k8s-compatibility-test/run-k8s-compatibility-test.sh
+++ b/test/k8s-compatibility-test/run-k8s-compatibility-test.sh
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 set -euo pipefail 
 
 SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
-versions=("1.23" "1.22" "1.21" "1.20" "1.19" "1.18")
+versions=("1.26" "1.25" "1.24" "1.23" "1.22")
 E_CODE=0
 AFTER_FIRST_RUN_ARGS=""
 PASS_THRU_ARGS=""
 
 USAGE=$(cat << 'EOM'
   Usage: run-k8s-compatability-test [-h]
-  Executes the spot termination integration test for each version of kubernetes (k8s 1.18 - 1.23 supported)
+  Executes the spot termination integration test for each version of kubernetes (k8s 1.22 - 1.26 supported)
 
   Examples:
           # run test with direct download of go modules
diff --git a/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/provision-cluster b/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/provision-cluster
index 4d493d4d..aa9419dd 100755
--- a/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/provision-cluster
+++ b/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/provision-cluster
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ OVERRIDE_PATH=0
 KIND_CONFIG_FILE=$SCRIPTPATH/kind-three-node-cluster.yaml
 use_psp=false
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+K8_1_26="kindest/node:v1.26.3@sha256:94eb63275ad6305210041cdb5aca87c8562cc50fa152dbec3fef8c58479db4ff"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 K8_1_25="kindest/node:v1.25.3@sha256:f1de3b0670462f43280114eccceab8bf1b9576d2afe0582f8f74529da6fd0365"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
@@ -17,16 +19,8 @@ K8_1_24="kindest/node:v1.24.7@sha256:5c015142d9b60a0f6c45573f809957076514e38ec97
 K8_1_23="kindest/node:v1.23.5@sha256:1a72748086bc24ed6163de1d1e33cc0e2eb5a1eb5ebffdb15b53c3bcd5376a6f"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 K8_1_22="kindest/node:v1.22.2@sha256:f638a08c1f68fe2a99e724ace6df233a546eaf6713019a0b310130a4f91ebe7f"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-K8_1_21="kindest/node:v1.21.2@sha256:9d07ff05e4afefbba983fac311807b3c17a5f36e7061f6cb7e2ba756255b2be4"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-K8_1_20="kindest/node:v1.20.70@sha256:cbeaf907fc78ac97ce7b625e4bf0de16e3ea725daf6b04f930bd14c67c671ff9"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-K8_1_19="kindest/node:v1.19.11@sha256:07db187ae84b4b7de440a73886f008cf903fcf5764ba8106a9fd5243d6f32729"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-K8_1_18="kindest/node:v1.18.19@sha256:7af1492e19b3192a79f606e43c35fb741e520d195f96399284515f077b3b622c"
 
-K8_VERSION="$K8_1_20"
+K8_VERSION="$K8_1_22"
 KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 KIND_VERSION="0.17.0"
 HELM_VERSION="3.10.0"
diff --git a/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/run-test b/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/run-test
index 3d2db516..620975f1 100755
--- a/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/run-test
+++ b/test/k8s-local-cluster-test/run-test
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ NODE_TERMINATION_HANDLER_DOCKER_IMG=""
 DEFAULT_WEBHOOK_DOCKER_IMG="webhook-test-proxy:customtest"
 WEBHOOK_DOCKER_IMG=""
 OVERRIDE_PATH=0
-K8S_VERSION="1.20"
+K8S_VERSION="1.22"
 AEMM_URL="amazon-ec2-metadata-mock-service.default.svc.cluster.local"
 AEMM_VERSION="1.8.1"
 AEMM_DL_URL="https://github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-metadata-mock/releases/download/v$AEMM_VERSION/amazon-ec2-metadata-mock-$AEMM_VERSION.tgz"
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ USAGE=$(cat << 'EOM'
             -n          Node Termination Handler Docker Image
             -d          use GOPROXY=direct to bypass proxy.golang.org
             -o          Override path w/ your own kubectl and kind binaries
-            -v          Kubernetes Version (Default: 1.20) [1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, and 1.25]
+            -v          Kubernetes Version (Default: 1.22) [1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, and 1.26]
             -w          Webhook Docker Image
 
 EOM