diff --git a/utils/ingress/ingress.go b/utils/ingress/ingress.go
index e2662e0ddb..ad9c9ee316 100644
--- a/utils/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/utils/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -275,7 +275,11 @@ func DetermineIngressMode(apiVersion string, d discovery.ServerVersionInterface)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	minor, err := strconv.Atoi(ver.Minor)
+	verMinor := ver.Minor
+	if strings.HasSuffix(ver.Minor, "+") {
+		verMinor = ver.Minor[0 : len(ver.Minor)-1]
+	}
+	minor, err := strconv.Atoi(verMinor)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -286,5 +290,4 @@ func DetermineIngressMode(apiVersion string, d discovery.ServerVersionInterface)
 		return IngressModeNetworking, nil
 	}
 	return IngressModeExtensions, nil
-
 }
diff --git a/utils/ingress/ingress_test.go b/utils/ingress/ingress_test.go
index 36a013ee4a..eaca7e6a86 100644
--- a/utils/ingress/ingress_test.go
+++ b/utils/ingress/ingress_test.go
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ func TestDetermineIngressMode(t *testing.T) {
 			faKeDiscovery: newFakeDiscovery("1", "18", nil),
 			expectedMode:  IngressModeExtensions,
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "will return networking mode if server minor version has '+' suffix, e.g. 1.19+",
+			apiVersion:    "",
+			faKeDiscovery: newFakeDiscovery("1", "19+", nil),
+			expectedMode:  IngressModeNetworking,
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "will return error if fails to retrieve server version",
 			apiVersion:    "",
@@ -358,6 +364,28 @@ func TestDetermineIngressMode(t *testing.T) {
 				Err:  errors.New("invalid syntax"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "will return error if fails to parse minor version with '+' suffix, e.g. 1.wrong+",
+			apiVersion:    "",
+			faKeDiscovery: newFakeDiscovery("1", "wrong+", nil),
+			expectedMode:  0,
+			expectedError: &strconv.NumError{
+				Func: "Atoi",
+				Num:  "wrong",
+				Err:  errors.New("invalid syntax"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "will return error if fails to parse minor version with just '+'",
+			apiVersion:    "",
+			faKeDiscovery: newFakeDiscovery("1", "+", nil),
+			expectedMode:  0,
+			expectedError: &strconv.NumError{
+				Func: "Atoi",
+				Num:  "",
+				Err:  errors.New("invalid syntax"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		c := c // necessary to ensure all test cases are executed when running in parallel mode