diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 50fa72cb21a..6ae376d4dc3 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -191,10 +191,10 @@ dependencies:
       match: REVISION:\ '\d+'
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents"
-    version: v1.16.7-1
+    version: v1.23.0-go1.17-buster.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
-      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)-\\d+'"
+      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
 
   # Golang (next candidate)
   - name: "golang (next candidate)"
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ dependencies:
       match: "CONFIG: 'go\\d+.\\d+-(bullseye|buster)'"
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents (next candidate)"
-    version: v1.17.0-rc.2-1
+    version: v1.23.0-go1.17-buster.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
-      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)-\\d+'"
+      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
 
   # Golang (for previous release branches)
   - name: "golang (for previous release branches)"
diff --git a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/cloudbuild.yaml b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/cloudbuild.yaml
index 5cceb2cef22..a8bd014f50a 100644
--- a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ substitutions:
   _GIT_TAG: '12345'
   _PULL_BASE_REF: 'dev'
   _CONFIG: 'cross0.0'
-  _KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v0.0.0-0'
+  _KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v0.0.0-go0.0.0-codename.0'
   _REGISTRY: 'fake.repository/registry-name'
 
 images:
diff --git a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
index f3b1df39e27..975622d231b 100644
--- a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   cross1.17:
     CONFIG: 'cross1.17'
-    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.17.0-rc.2-1'
+    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.23.0-go1.17-buster.0'
   cross1.16:
     CONFIG: 'cross1.16'
     KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.16.7-1'