diff --git a/scripts/minikube-start.sh b/scripts/minikube-start.sh
index eb29e860cf2a8419ea04e91b92707b12e5ed7e9d..6a769b7118640a58d14ee0f8604db5dc548f6a37 100755
--- a/scripts/minikube-start.sh
+++ b/scripts/minikube-start.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 minikube delete
 minikube addons disable metrics-server
 minikube start \
-    --kubernetes-version=v1.16.0 \
+    --kubernetes-version=v1.18.1 \
     --memory=6g \
     --bootstrapper=kubeadm \
     --extra-config=kubelet.authentication-token-webhook=true \
diff --git a/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh b/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
index c95f763c596b33f9799489974794eaef810e1da3..ee6d3a9329f0464f7b7fce45e85e4a450a47068f 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ chmod +x kubectl
 curl -Lo kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.6.1/kind-linux-amd64
 chmod +x kind
 
-./kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:v1.17.0
+./kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:v1.18.0
 export KUBECONFIG="$(./kind get kubeconfig-path)"
 
 # create namespace, permissions, and CRDs