diff --git a/scripts/download_hash.sh b/scripts/download_hash.sh
index 94c181661469cc307e6bd310478c64624e7c2624..8ea8edc520d115aebb7b4f42f7663c3511d29875 100755
--- a/scripts/download_hash.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_hash.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
@@ -8,23 +8,62 @@ fi
 
 checksums_file="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml"
 downloads_folder=/tmp/kubespray_binaries
+default_file="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml"
+kube_min_version="$(grep kube_version_min_required ${default_file} | sed -E 's|kube_version_min_required: v(.*)|\1|g')"
 
-function get_versions {
+function filter_version() {
+    while read version; do
+        if [[ "${version}" =~ ^v?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*$ ]]; then
+            echo "${version}"
+        fi
+    done < /dev/stdin
+}
+
+function min_version() {
+    local min_version="$1"
+    local func_filter="${2:-filter_version}"
+    while read version; do
+        if _vercmp "${version#v}" '>=' "${min_version}"; then
+            echo "${version}"
+        fi
+    done | "${func_filter}"
+}
+
+function limit_version() {
+    local number_versions="${1:-7}"
+    local func_filter="${2:-filter_version}"
+
+    "${func_filter}" | head -n "${number_versions}"
+}
+
+function gvisor_version_filter() {
+    while read version; do
+        echo "${version}" | sed -E 's|^release-(.*)\..*$|\1|'
+    done | head -n 8
+}
+
+function get_versions() {
     local type="$1"
     local name="$2"
-    # NOTE: Limit in the number of versions to be register in the checksums file
-    local limit="${3:-7}"
-    local python_app="${4:-"import sys,re;tags=[tag.rstrip() for tag in sys.stdin if re.match(\'^v?(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*)$\',tag)];print(\' \'.join(tags[:$limit]))"}"
+    local version_func="${3:-limit_version}"
+    if [ "$#" -ge 3 ]; then
+        shift 3
+    else
+        shift 2
+    fi
+
     local version=""
     local attempt_counter=0
     readonly max_attempts=5
 
     until [ "$version" ]; do
-        version=$("_get_$type" "$name" "$python_app")
-        if [ "$version" ]; then
+        version=$("_get_$type" "$name" "${version_func}" "$@")
+        if _vercmp "${version#v}" '<' "${min_version}"; then
+            continue
+        elif [ "$version" ] ; then
             break
         elif [ ${attempt_counter} -eq ${max_attempts} ]; then
-            echo "Max attempts reached"
+            echo "Max attempts reached" >&2
             exit 1
         fi
         attempt_counter=$((attempt_counter + 1))
@@ -34,18 +73,19 @@ function get_versions {
     echo "${version}"
 }
 
-function _get_github_tags {
+function _get_github_tags() {
     local repo="$1"
-    local python_app="$2"
+    local version_func="$2"
+    shift 2
 
-    # The number of results per page (max 100).
-    tags="$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/tags?per_page=100")"
+    # The number of results per page (max 50).
+    tags="$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/tags?per_page=50")"
     if [ "$tags" ]; then
-        echo "$tags" | grep -Po '"name":.*?[^\\]",' | awk -F '"' '{print $4}' | python -c "$python_app"
+        echo "$tags" | grep -Po '"name":.*?[^\\]",' | awk -F '"' '{print $4}' | "$version_func" "$@"
     fi
 }
 
-function _vercmp {
+function _vercmp() {
     local v1=$1
     local op=$2
     local v2=$3
@@ -83,13 +123,13 @@ function _vercmp {
     esac
 }
 
-function get_checksums {
+function get_checksums() {
     local binary="$1"
     local version_exceptions="cri_dockerd_archive nerdctl_archive containerd_archive youki"
     declare -A skip_archs=(
 ["crio_archive"]="arm ppc64le"
 ["calicoctl_binary"]="arm"
-["ciliumcli_binary"]="ppc64le"
+["ciliumcli_binary"]="arm ppc64le"
 ["etcd_binary"]="arm"
 ["cri_dockerd_archive"]="arm ppc64le"
 ["runc"]="arm"
@@ -113,7 +153,7 @@ function get_checksums {
     done
 }
 
-function get_krew_archive_checksums {
+function get_krew_archive_checksums() {
     declare -A archs=(
 ["linux"]="arm arm64 amd64"
 ["darwin"]="arm64 amd64"
@@ -134,14 +174,14 @@ function get_krew_archive_checksums {
     done
 }
 
-function get_calico_crds_archive_checksums {
+function get_calico_crds_archive_checksums() {
     echo "calico_crds_archive_checksums:" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
     for version in "$@"; do
         echo "  $version: $(_get_checksum "calico_crds_archive" "$version")" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
     done
 }
 
-function get_containerd_archive_checksums {
+function get_containerd_archive_checksums() {
     declare -A support_version_history=(
 ["arm"]="2"
 ["arm64"]="1.6.0"
@@ -159,7 +199,7 @@ function get_containerd_archive_checksums {
     done
 }
 
-function get_k8s_checksums {
+function get_k8s_checksums() {
     local binary=$1
 
     echo "${binary}_checksums:" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
@@ -176,7 +216,36 @@ function get_k8s_checksums {
     done
 }
 
-function _get_checksum {
+function get_crictl_checksums() {
+    local binary=$1
+
+    echo "${binary}_checksums:" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+    echo "  arm:" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+    for version in "${@:2}"; do
+        _vercmp "${version#v}" '<' "1.29" && checksum=$(_get_checksum "$binary" "$version" "arm") || checksum=0
+        echo "    ${version}: $checksum" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+    done
+    for arch in arm64 amd64 ppc64le; do
+        echo "  $arch:" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+        for version in "${@:2}"; do
+            echo "    ${version}: $(_get_checksum "$binary" "$version" "$arch")" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+        done
+    done
+}
+
+# Note: kata changed their arch starting at version 3.2.0
+function get_arch_kata() {
+    local version="${1}"
+    local arch="${2}"
+
+    if _vercmp "${version}" '<' '3.2.0'; then
+        echo "${arch//amd64/x86_64}"
+    else
+        echo "${arch}"
+    fi
+}
+
+function _get_checksum() {
     local binary="$1"
     local version="$2"
     local arch="${3:-amd64}"
@@ -187,73 +256,85 @@ function _get_checksum {
     readonly github_archive_url="$github_url/%s/archive/%s"
     readonly google_url="https://storage.googleapis.com"
     readonly release_url="https://dl.k8s.io"
-    readonly k8s_url="$release_url/release/$version/bin/$os/$arch/%s"
+    readonly k8s_url="$release_url/release/$version/bin/$os/$arch/%s.sha256"
 
     # Download URLs
     declare -A urls=(
-["crictl"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools" "crictl-$version-$os-$arch.tar.gz")"
+["crictl"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools" "crictl-$version-$os-$arch.tar.gz.sha256")"
 ["crio_archive"]="$google_url/cri-o/artifacts/cri-o.$arch.$version.tar.gz"
 ["kubelet"]="$(printf "$k8s_url" "kubelet")"
 ["kubectl"]="$(printf "$k8s_url" "kubectl")"
 ["kubeadm"]="$(printf "$k8s_url" "kubeadm")"
 ["etcd_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "etcd-io/etcd" "etcd-$version-$os-$arch.tar.gz")"
-["cni_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containernetworking/plugins" "cni-plugins-$os-$arch-$version.tgz")"
+["cni_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containernetworking/plugins" "cni-plugins-$os-$arch-$version.tgz.sha256")"
 ["calicoctl_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "projectcalico/calico" "calicoctl-$os-$arch")"
-["ciliumcli_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "cilium/cilium-cli" "cilium-$os-$arch.tar.gz")"
+["ciliumcli_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "cilium/cilium-cli" "cilium-$os-$arch.tar.gz.sha256sum")"
 ["calico_crds_archive"]="$(printf "$github_archive_url" "projectcalico/calico" "$version.tar.gz")"
 ["krew_archive"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "kubernetes-sigs/krew" "krew-${os}_$arch.tar.gz")"
 ["helm_archive"]="https://get.helm.sh/helm-$version-$os-$arch.tar.gz"
 ["cri_dockerd_archive"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "Mirantis/cri-dockerd" "cri-dockerd-${version#v}.$arch.tgz")"
-["runc"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "opencontainers/runc" "runc.$arch")"
+["runc"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "opencontainers/runc" "runc.sha256sum")"
 ["crun"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containers/crun" "crun-$version-$os-$arch")"
 ["youki"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containers/youki" "youki_$([ $version == "v0.0.1" ] && echo "v0_0_1" || echo "${version#v}" | sed 's|\.|_|g')_$os.tar.gz")"
-["kata_containers_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "kata-containers/kata-containers" "kata-static-$version-${arch//amd64/x86_64}.tar.xz")"
+["kata_containers_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "kata-containers/kata-containers" "kata-static-$version-$(get_arch_kata "${version}" "${arch}").tar.xz")"
 ["gvisor_runsc_binary"]="$(printf "$google_url/gvisor/releases/release/$version/%s/runsc" "$(echo "$arch" | sed -e 's/amd64/x86_64/' -e 's/arm64/aarch64/')")"
 ["gvisor_containerd_shim_binary"]="$(printf "$google_url/gvisor/releases/release/$version/%s/containerd-shim-runsc-v1" "$(echo "$arch" | sed -e 's/amd64/x86_64/' -e 's/arm64/aarch64/')")"
 ["nerdctl_archive"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containerd/nerdctl" "nerdctl-${version#v}-$os-$([ "$arch" == "arm" ] && echo "arm-v7" || echo "$arch" ).tar.gz")"
-["containerd_archive"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containerd/containerd" "containerd-${version#v}-$os-$arch.tar.gz")"
-["skopeo_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "lework/skopeo-binary" "skopeo-$os-$arch")"
+["containerd_archive"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "containerd/containerd" "containerd-${version#v}-$os-$arch.tar.gz.sha256sum")"
+["skopeo_binary"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "lework/skopeo-binary" "skopeo-$os-$arch.sha256")"
 ["yq"]="$(printf "$github_releases_url" "mikefarah/yq" "yq_${os}_$arch")"
 )
 
     mkdir -p "$(dirname $target)"
     [ -f "$target" ] || curl -LfSs -o "${target}" "${urls[$binary]}"
-    sha256sum ${target} | awk '{print $1}'
-}
-
-function main {
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$checksums_file")"
-    echo "---" | tee "$checksums_file"
-    get_checksums crictl $(get_versions github_tags kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools 4)
-    get_checksums crio_archive $(get_versions github_tags cri-o/cri-o)
-    kubernetes_versions=$(get_versions github_tags kubernetes/kubernetes 25)
-    echo "# Checksum" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
-    echo "# Kubernetes versions above Kubespray's current target version are untested and should be used with caution." | tee --append "$checksums_file"
-    get_k8s_checksums kubelet $kubernetes_versions
-    get_checksums kubectl $kubernetes_versions
-    get_k8s_checksums kubeadm $kubernetes_versions
-    get_checksums etcd_binary $(get_versions github_tags etcd-io/etcd)
-    get_checksums cni_binary $(get_versions github_tags containernetworking/plugins)
-    calico_versions=$(get_versions github_tags projectcalico/calico 20)
-    get_checksums calicoctl_binary $calico_versions
-    get_checksums ciliumcli_binary $(get_versions github_tags cilium/cilium-cli 10)
-    get_calico_crds_archive_checksums $calico_versions
-    get_krew_archive_checksums $(get_versions github_tags kubernetes-sigs/krew 2)
-    get_checksums helm_archive $(get_versions github_tags helm/helm)
-    get_checksums cri_dockerd_archive $(get_versions github_tags Mirantis/cri-dockerd)
-    get_checksums runc $(get_versions github_tags opencontainers/runc 5)
-    get_checksums crun $(get_versions github_tags containers/crun)
-    get_checksums youki $(get_versions github_tags containers/youki)
-    get_checksums kata_containers_binary $(get_versions github_tags kata-containers/kata-containers 10)
-    gvisor_versions=$(get_versions github_tags google/gvisor 0 "import sys,re;tags=[tag[8:16] for tag in sys.stdin if re.match('^release-?(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)$',tag)];print(' '.join(tags[:9]))")
-    get_checksums gvisor_runsc_binary $gvisor_versions
-    get_checksums gvisor_containerd_shim_binary $gvisor_versions
-    get_checksums nerdctl_archive $(get_versions github_tags containerd/nerdctl)
-    get_containerd_archive_checksums $(get_versions github_tags containerd/containerd 30)
-    get_checksums skopeo_binary $(get_versions github_tags lework/skopeo-binary)
-    get_checksums yq $(get_versions github_tags mikefarah/yq)
+    if echo "${urls[$binary]}" | grep -qi sha256sum; then
+        local hashes="$(cat "${target}")"
+        if [ "$(echo "${hashes}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+            hashes="$(echo "${hashes}" | grep -- "${arch}")"
+        fi
+        if [ "$(echo "${hashes}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+            hashes="$(echo "${hashes}" | grep -- "${os}")"
+        fi
+        if [ "$(echo "${hashes}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+            echo "more than 1 hash" >&2
+            echo "${hashes}" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "${hashes}" | awk '{print $1}'
+    elif echo "${urls[$binary]}" | grep -qi sha256; then
+        cat "${target}" | awk '{print $1}'
+    else
+        sha256sum ${target} | awk '{print $1}'
+    fi
 }
 
-if [[ ${__name__:-"__main__"} == "__main__" ]]; then
-    main
-fi
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$checksums_file")"
+echo "---" | tee "$checksums_file"
+get_crictl_checksums crictl $(get_versions github_tags kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools min_version "${kube_min_version}")
+get_checksums crio_archive $(get_versions github_tags cri-o/cri-o min_version "${kube_min_version}")
+kubernetes_versions=$(get_versions github_tags kubernetes/kubernetes min_version "${kube_min_version}")
+echo "# Checksum" | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+echo "# Kubernetes versions above Kubespray's current target version are untested and should be used with caution." | tee --append "$checksums_file"
+get_k8s_checksums kubelet $kubernetes_versions
+get_checksums kubectl $kubernetes_versions
+get_k8s_checksums kubeadm $kubernetes_versions
+get_checksums etcd_binary $(get_versions github_tags etcd-io/etcd)
+get_checksums cni_binary $(get_versions github_tags containernetworking/plugins)
+calico_versions=$(get_versions github_tags projectcalico/calico limit_version 20)
+get_checksums calicoctl_binary $calico_versions
+get_checksums ciliumcli_binary $(get_versions github_tags cilium/cilium-cli limit_version 10)
+get_calico_crds_archive_checksums $calico_versions
+get_krew_archive_checksums $(get_versions github_tags kubernetes-sigs/krew limit_version 2)
+get_checksums helm_archive $(get_versions github_tags helm/helm)
+get_checksums cri_dockerd_archive $(get_versions github_tags Mirantis/cri-dockerd)
+get_checksums runc $(get_versions github_tags opencontainers/runc limit_version 5)
+get_checksums crun $(get_versions github_tags containers/crun)
+get_checksums youki $(get_versions github_tags containers/youki)
+get_checksums kata_containers_binary $(get_versions github_tags kata-containers/kata-containers)
+gvisor_versions=$(get_versions github_tags google/gvisor gvisor_version_filter)
+get_checksums gvisor_runsc_binary $gvisor_versions
+get_checksums gvisor_containerd_shim_binary $gvisor_versions
+get_checksums nerdctl_archive $(get_versions github_tags containerd/nerdctl)
+get_containerd_archive_checksums $(get_versions github_tags containerd/containerd limit_version 30)
+get_checksums skopeo_binary $(get_versions github_tags lework/skopeo-binary)
+get_checksums yq $(get_versions github_tags mikefarah/yq)