diff --git a/jupyterhub/values.yaml b/jupyterhub/values.yaml
index 99b7ea4491..082240af9d 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/values.yaml
+++ b/jupyterhub/values.yaml
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ scheduling:
       # here. We aim to stay around 1 minor version behind the latest k8s
       # version.
       #
-      tag: "v1.26.8" # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/CHANGELOG
+      tag: "v1.26.9" # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/CHANGELOG
       pullPolicy:
       pullSecrets: []
     nodeSelector: {}