diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a10829d0ffdb12bb2bebd2749b4a6135b2d8da7..7abb4e62d0369ef2df86079c46f0896c930c417c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 ## Supported Components
 
 - Core
-  - [kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) v1.23.3
+  - [kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) v1.23.4
   - [etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd) v3.5.1
   - [docker](https://www.docker.com/) v20.10 (see note)
   - [containerd](https://containerd.io/) v1.5.9
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 0d9b7423d52fa8a9e384f3c3dbbf761a6fe49212..242cd39d82f61efa874784afe576af3b0ded5386 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ kube_token_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/tokens"
 kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.23.3
+kube_version: v1.23.4
 
 # Where the binaries will be downloaded.
 # Note: ensure that you've enough disk space (about 1G)
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index db05a0118f58eb8665af003b9fb603cb1301eaea..f609beba77e5829b2a6455fe720852e580e280bc 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ is_fedora_coreos: false
 disable_swap: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.23.3
+kube_version: v1.23.4
 
 ## The minimum version working
 kube_version_min_required: v1.21.0