diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d3250d08ea..e3a26372a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -550,15 +550,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         k8sVersion:
-          - 1.20.0
-          - 1.19.4
-          - 1.18.8
-          - 1.17.11
+          - v1.21.1@sha256:69860bda5563ac81e3c0057d654b5253219618a22ec3a346306239bba8cfa1a6
+          - v1.20.7@sha256:cbeaf907fc78ac97ce7b625e4bf0de16e3ea725daf6b04f930bd14c67c671ff9
+          - v1.19.11@sha256:07db187ae84b4b7de440a73886f008cf903fcf5764ba8106a9fd5243d6f32729
+          - v1.18.19@sha256:7af1492e19b3192a79f606e43c35fb741e520d195f96399284515f077b3b622c 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: "Start kind cluster"
         run: |
-          kind create cluster --image kindest/node:v${{ matrix.k8sVersion }} --wait 3m
+          kind version
+          kind create cluster --image kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8sVersion }} --wait 3m
       - name: "Inspect kind cluster"
         run: |
           kubectl config current-context