diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d4a861149af080d03959c1df33e9f8178a51bc9e..1dae051b51b2fde5b7fa17aebb40a61f432f3dc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         kind-image:
           - 'kindest/node:v1.20.0'
-          # - 'kindest/node:v1.21.0' #TODO(paulfantom): enable as soon as image is available
+          - 'kindest/node:v1.21.1'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with: