diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc5dbd0e0..1620d4088 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 ## Supported Components
 
 - Core
-  - [kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) v1.23.7
+  - [kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) v1.24.1
   - [etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd) v3.5.3
   - [docker](https://www.docker.com/) v20.10 (see note)
   - [containerd](https://containerd.io/) v1.6.4
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index be7788798..5ed394a8d 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ kube_token_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/tokens"
 kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.23.7
+kube_version: v1.24.1
 
 # Where the binaries will be downloaded.
 # Note: ensure that you've enough disk space (about 1G)
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-set_facts.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-set_facts.yml
index 6c5ba4b89..e271d9e50 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-set_facts.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-set_facts.yml
@@ -253,3 +253,4 @@
         - not 'IPv6DualStack=true' in kubeadm_feature_gates
   when:
     - enable_dual_stack_networks
+    - kube_version is version('v1.24.0', '<')
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index fc4629703..107fc3f3a 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ is_fedora_coreos: false
 disable_swap: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.23.7
+kube_version: v1.24.1
 
 ## The minimum version working
 kube_version_min_required: v1.21.0