diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1dae051b51b2fde5b7fa17aebb40a61f432f3dc9..e4b5c79e2547824f5577a268b5abe3a760c08ce4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   - pull_request
 env:
   golang-version: '1.15'
-  kind-version: 'v0.11.0'
+  kind-version: 'v0.11.1'
 jobs:
   generate:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         kind-image:
-          - 'kindest/node:v1.20.0'
           - 'kindest/node:v1.21.1'
+          - 'kindest/node:v1.22.0'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 425b2d402dcc44b7e8ce549ed0b1337094daea09..2eb2ccfba0aa27aed58638f20119b6369a46e54b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ $ minikube addons disable metrics-server
 
 The following versions are supported and work as we test against these versions in their respective branches. But note that other versions might work!
 
-| kube-prometheus stack                                                                            | Kubernetes 1.18 | Kubernetes 1.19 | Kubernetes 1.20 | Kubernetes 1.21 |
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-| [`release-0.5`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.5)         | ✔               | ✗               | ✗               | ✗               |
-| [`release-0.6`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.6)         | ✗               | ✔               | ✗               | ✗               |
-| [`release-0.7`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.7)         | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               | ✗               |
-| [`release-0.8`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.8)         | ✗               | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               |
-| [`HEAD`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/main)                       | ✗               | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               |
+| kube-prometheus stack                                                                    | Kubernetes 1.18 | Kubernetes 1.19 | Kubernetes 1.20 | Kubernetes 1.21 | Kubernetes 1.22 |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
+| [`release-0.5`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.5) | ✔               | ✗               | ✗               | ✗               | ✗               |
+| [`release-0.6`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.6) | ✗               | ✔               | ✗               | ✗               | ✗               |
+| [`release-0.7`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.7) | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               | ✗               | ✗               |
+| [`release-0.8`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/release-0.8) | ✗               | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               | ✗               |
+| [`HEAD`](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/tree/main)               | ✗               | ✗               | ✗               | ✔               | ✔               |
 
 ## Quickstart
 
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/addons/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/addons/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet
index 39eba122d8fa63a8f41bcdf1e7f3e7e01a778839..374b8601c9ef6c7b4428fd1788d4a539ce80f18c 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/addons/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/addons/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   // Drop all etcd metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
   {
     sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
-    regex: 'etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)',
+    regex: 'etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|object_counts|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)',
     action: 'drop',
   },
   // Drop all transformation metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
diff --git a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
index 58ba773be6c16a84ae0b95ba21685f446b7b61e4..cce20bf7db945c9ceb4692faca255e1d2b082c9f 100644
--- a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop
-      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
+      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|object_counts|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop
diff --git a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubeControllerManager.yaml b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubeControllerManager.yaml
index dadc9a26f0134fb38e716565c9f6b6093b353e73..4aab77016ea21c37094ab020d5fef596c4369610 100644
--- a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubeControllerManager.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubeControllerManager.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop
-      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
+      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|object_counts|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop
diff --git a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
index ea0502742e41ab2a90f84f7e9449668d01cbccac..5c6fc6ff4fdfb108c1c1df202ac80f50733e11ed 100644
--- a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop
-      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
+      regex: etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|object_counts|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
     - action: drop