diff --git a/ci/setup.sh b/ci/setup.sh
index faffe0cc..a0ee0147 100755
--- a/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/setup.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 set -eu
 
 HELM_VERSION=v3.11.2
-KIND_VERSION=v0.18.0
-KUBECTL_VERSION=v1.24.7
+KIND_VERSION=v0.19.0
+KUBECTL_VERSION=v1.24.13
 
 # Download and install command line tools
 pushd /tmp
diff --git a/scripts/kind-start.sh b/scripts/kind-start.sh
index a52291a4..e5abdbe7 100755
--- a/scripts/kind-start.sh
+++ b/scripts/kind-start.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,19 @@
 # controller on it.  This enables services running on the cluster to be
 # exposed by creating Ingress instances.
 
-# kind version that matches below tags
-KIND_EXPECTED_VERSION=v0.18.0
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0") && pwd)
+ROOTDIR="$SCRIPTDIR/.."
+
+# Valid node tags for kind 0.19.0
+# 1.27: kindest/node:v1.27.1@sha256:b7d12ed662b873bd8510879c1846e87c7e676a79fefc93e17b2a52989d3ff42b
+# 1.26: kindest/node:v1.26.4@sha256:f4c0d87be03d6bea69f5e5dc0adb678bb498a190ee5c38422bf751541cebe92e
+# 1.25: kindest/node:v1.25.9@sha256:c08d6c52820aa42e533b70bce0c2901183326d86dcdcbedecc9343681db45161
+# 1.24: kindest/node:v1.24.13@sha256:cea86276e698af043af20143f4bf0509e730ec34ed3b7fa790cc0bea091bc5dd
+# 1.23: kindest/node:v1.23.17@sha256:f77f8cf0b30430ca4128cc7cfafece0c274a118cd0cdb251049664ace0dee4ff
+# 1.22: kindest/node:v1.22.17@sha256:9af784f45a584f6b28bce2af84c494d947a05bd709151466489008f80a9ce9d5
+# 1.21: kindest/node:v1.21.14@sha256:220cfafdf6e3915fbce50e13d1655425558cb98872c53f802605aa2fb2d569cf
 
 # Valid node tags for kind 0.18.0
 # 1.26: kindest/node:v1.26.3@sha256:61b92f38dff6ccc29969e7aa154d34e38b89443af1a2c14e6cfbd2df6419c66f
@@ -40,19 +51,22 @@ KIND_EXPECTED_VERSION=v0.18.0
 # 1.20: kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:a32bf55309294120616886b5338f95dd98a2f7231519c7dedcec32ba29699394
 # 1.19: kindest/node:v1.19.16@sha256:476cb3269232888437b61deca013832fee41f9f074f9bed79f57e4280f7c48b7
 
-KIND_NODE_TAG=${KIND_NODE_TAG:="v1.24.12@sha256:1e12918b8bc3d4253bc08f640a231bb0d3b2c5a9b28aa3f2ca1aee93e1e8db16"}
-
-set -eu
-
-SCRIPTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0") && pwd)
-ROOTDIR="$SCRIPTDIR/.."
-
-# Validate kind version is as expected
+# Based on the kind version found in the path, select the correct Kubernetes 1.24 node tag
 KIND_ACTUAL_VERSION=$(kind version | awk '/ /{print $2}')
-if [ "$KIND_ACTUAL_VERSION" != "$KIND_EXPECTED_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "Kind version mismatch: expected $KIND_EXPECTED_VERSION but found $KIND_ACTUAL_VERSION"
+case $KIND_ACTUAL_VERSION in
+    v0.19.0)
+        KIND_NODE_TAG=${KIND_NODE_TAG:="v1.24.13@sha256:cea86276e698af043af20143f4bf0509e730ec34ed3b7fa790cc0bea091bc5dd"}
+        ;;
+    v0.18.0)
+        KIND_NODE_TAG=${KIND_NODE_TAG:="v1.24.12@sha256:1e12918b8bc3d4253bc08f640a231bb0d3b2c5a9b28aa3f2ca1aee93e1e8db16"}
+        ;;
+    v0.17.0)
+        KIND_NODE_TAG=${KIND_NODE_TAG:="v1.24.7@sha256:577c630ce8e509131eab1aea12c022190978dd2f745aac5eb1fe65c0807eb315"}
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unexpected kind version: $KIND_ACTUAL_VERSION"
     exit 1
-fi
+esac
 
 # create docker network "kind" so that rootless podman can connect registry
 docker network create kind >/dev/null || true