diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1893177d05..69e9f17ffb 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -564,7 +564,13 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Start Minikube Cluster
           command: |
-            sudo -E minikube start --vm-driver=none --cpus 2 --memory 4096 --kubernetes-version=$K8S_VERSION
+            sudo -E minikube start \
+              --extra-config=kubeadm.ignore-preflight-errors=NumCPU \
+              --extra-config=kubeadm.ignore-preflight-errors=RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_CORES \
+              --kubernetes-version=$K8S_VERSION \
+              --vm-driver=none \
+              --cpus 2 \
+              --memory 4096
             sudo chown -R circleci:circleci /home/circleci/.kube /home/circleci/.minikube /etc/kubernetes
             # Work around annoying issue on recent minikubes where namespaces take a long time to generate default service account
             kubectl create namespace container-default
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/kubectl.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/kubectl.ts
index e7a03ef6b1..68e386bb04 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/kubectl.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/kubectl.ts
@@ -202,20 +202,20 @@ export const kubectlSpec: PluginToolSpec = {
     {
       platform: "darwin",
       architecture: "amd64",
-      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.16.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl",
-      sha256: "a81b23abe67e70f8395ff7a3659bea6610fba98cda1126ef19e0a995f0075d54",
+      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.20.2/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl",
+      sha256: "c4b120ab1284222afbc15f28e4e7d8dfcfc3ad2435bd17e5bfec62e17036623c",
     },
     {
       platform: "linux",
       architecture: "amd64",
-      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.16.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl",
-      sha256: "4fc8a7024ef17b907820890f11ba7e59a6a578fa91ea593ce8e58b3260f7fb88",
+      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.20.2/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl",
+      sha256: "2583b1c9fbfc5443a722fb04cf0cc83df18e45880a2cf1f6b52d9f595c5beb88",
     },
     {
       platform: "windows",
       architecture: "amd64",
-      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.16.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe",
-      sha256: "a7e4e527735f5bc49ad80b92f4a9d3bb6aebd129f9a708baac80465ebc33a9bc",
+      url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.20.2/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe",
+      sha256: "d8731ac97166c506441e5d2f69e31d57356983ae15602ba12cc16981862bfdef",
     },
   ],
 }