diff --git a/hack/e2e/run.sh b/hack/e2e/run.sh
index 94e3122d30..2ad4e3bd49 100755
--- a/hack/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e/run.sh
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG:-${TEST_ID}}
 
 # kops: must include patch version (e.g. 1.19.1)
 # eksctl: mustn't include patch version (e.g. 1.19)
-K8S_VERSION_KOPS=${K8S_VERSION_KOPS:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.26.2}}
-K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL=${K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.25}}
+K8S_VERSION_KOPS=${K8S_VERSION_KOPS:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.27.0}}
+K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL=${K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.26}}
 
-KOPS_VERSION=${KOPS_VERSION:-1.26.2}
+KOPS_VERSION=${KOPS_VERSION:-1.27.0-alpha.2}
 KOPS_STATE_FILE=${KOPS_STATE_FILE:-s3://k8s-kops-csi-e2e}
 KOPS_PATCH_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_FILE:-./hack/kops-patch.yaml}
 KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE:-./hack/kops-patch-node.yaml}
 
-EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.133.0}
+EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.141.0}
 EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE=${EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE:-./hack/eksctl-patch.yaml}
 VPC_CONFIGMAP_FILE=${VPC_CONFIGMAP_FILE:-./hack/vpc-resource-controller-configmap.yaml}
 EKSCTL_ADMIN_ROLE=${EKSCTL_ADMIN_ROLE:-}
diff --git a/hack/kops-patch.yaml b/hack/kops-patch.yaml
index 2e29993586..5608976d57 100644
--- a/hack/kops-patch.yaml
+++ b/hack/kops-patch.yaml
@@ -143,25 +143,6 @@ spec:
           }
         }
       ]
-  kubeAPIServer:
-    featureGates:
-      CSIMigration: "true"
-      CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-      ExpandCSIVolumes: "true"
-      CSIInlineVolume: "true"
-  kubeControllerManager:
-    featureGates:
-      CSIMigration: "true"
-      CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-      ExpandCSIVolumes: "true"
-      CSIInlineVolume: "true"
-  kubelet:
-    featureGates:
-      CSIMigration: "true"
-      CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-      ExpandCSIVolumes: "true"
-      CSIInlineVolume: "true"
-    anonymousAuth: false
   cloudConfig:
     awsEBSCSIDriver:
       enabled: true