diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images/images.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images/images.go
index 44f73a985d66..961e69017a6b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images/images.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images/images.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func KindNet(repo string) string {
 }
 
 // all calico images are from https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/manifests/calico.yaml
-const calicoVersion = "v3.28.0"
+const calicoVersion = "v3.28.1"
 const calicoRepo = "docker.io/calico"
 
 // CalicoDaemonSet returns the image used for calicoDaemonSet
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cni/calico.yaml b/pkg/minikube/cni/calico.yaml
index 51b08911c73d..f975dd416a73 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cni/calico.yaml
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cni/calico.yaml
@@ -5030,9 +5030,11 @@ spec:
         - name: var-run-calico
           hostPath:
             path: /var/run/calico
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
         - name: var-lib-calico
           hostPath:
             path: /var/lib/calico
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
         - name: xtables-lock
           hostPath:
             path: /run/xtables.lock
@@ -5053,6 +5055,7 @@ spec:
         - name: cni-bin-dir
           hostPath:
             path: /opt/cni/bin
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
         - name: cni-net-dir
           hostPath:
             path: /etc/cni/net.d