diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 15f933b8c8e8..786c56d3d6f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
         matrix:
-          k8sVersion: ["1.19.x", "1.20.x", "1.21.x"]
+          k8sVersion: ["1.19.x", "1.20.x", "1.21.x", "1.22.x"]
     env:
       K8S_VERSION: ${{ matrix.k8sVersion }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 786814952f4e..6e4fc9f8f083 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export K8S_VERSION ?= 1.21.x
+export K8S_VERSION ?= 1.22.x
 export KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS ?= ${HOME}/.kubebuilder/bin
 
 ## Inject the app version into project.Version
diff --git a/hack/toolchain.sh b/hack/toolchain.sh
index fac4af3a2029..8a0632693dd5 100755
--- a/hack/toolchain.sh
+++ b/hack/toolchain.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-K8S_VERSION="${K8S_VERSION:="1.21.x"}"
+K8S_VERSION="${K8S_VERSION:="1.22.x"}"
 KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="${KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS:="${HOME}/.kubebuilder/bin"}"
 
 main() {