diff --git a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.opensuse_15 b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
index 06f8651e..f4fe8706 100644
--- a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
+++ b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.opensuse_15
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ARG AIRFLOW_SRC="apache-airflow[crypto,postgres,hive,hdfs,jdbc]==1.10.5"
 ARG ctx_base=src/bin
 
 # Kubectl version
-ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.16.2
+ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.24.6
 
 # Needed from apache-airflow 1.10.2, since core.airflow_home config is deprecated
 ENV AIRFLOW_HOME=${AIRFLOW_HOME}
diff --git a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
index 1bf887c2..640430fd 100644
--- a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
+++ b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG ctx_base=src/bin
 
 # Kubectl version
-ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.16.2
+ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.24.6
 
 # Needed from apache-airflow 1.10.2, since core.airflow_home config is deprecated
 ENV AIRFLOW_HOME=${AIRFLOW_HOME}
diff --git a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_xenial b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_xenial
index ca32fdf0..788777c8 100644
--- a/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_xenial
+++ b/images/airflow/Dockerfile.ubuntu_xenial
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG ctx_base=src/bin
 
 # Kubectl version
-ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.16.2
+ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.24.6
 
 # Needed from apache-airflow 1.10.2, since core.airflow_home config is deprecated
 ENV AIRFLOW_HOME=${AIRFLOW_HOME}