diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec55e7d6..b595d3fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ nerdctl:
 KEEPALIVED_DEB_U20 := https://github.com/hnakamur/keepalived-deb/releases/download/debian%2F1%252.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1-focal/keepalived_2.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1.focal_amd64.deb
 KEEPALIVED_DEB_U18 := https://github.com/hnakamur/keepalived-deb/releases/download/debian%2F1%252.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1-bionic/keepalived_2.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1.bionic_amd64.deb
 KEEPALIVED_RPM_CENTOS7 := https://github.com/hnakamur/keepalived-rpm/releases/download/2.1.3-1/keepalived-2.1.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+KEEPALIVED_RPM_RHEL86 := https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/8-stream/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/keepalived-2.1.5-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
 
 keepalived:
 	echo "Downloading Keepalived packages"
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ keepalived:
 	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/keepalived_2.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1.focal_amd64.deb -L ${KEEPALIVED_DEB_U20}
 	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/keepalived_2.1.3-1ubuntu1ppa1.bionic_amd64.deb -L ${KEEPALIVED_DEB_U18}
 	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/keepalived-2.1.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm -L ${KEEPALIVED_RPM_CENTOS7}
+	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/keepalived-2.1.5-9.el8.x86_64.rpm -L ${KEEPALIVED_RPM_RHEL86}
 	# Download Ubuntu 18.04 dependency packages as well
 	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/libjansson4_2.11-1_amd64.deb -L http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jansson/libjansson4_2.11-1_amd64.deb
 	curl --output $(COMMON_SRC_ROOT)${KUBERNETES_EXECUTABLES}/keepalived_packages/libnftnl7_1.0.9-2_amd64.deb -L http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libn/libnftnl/libnftnl7_1.0.9-2_amd64.deb
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ virtctl:
 -include $(ROOT_DIR)/ip_type/Makefile
 -include $(ROOT_DIR)/addr_conv/Makefile
 
-jq: 
+jq:
 	echo "Downloading jq"
 	cd ${KUBERNETES_DIR} && \
 	${WGET_CMD} -O jq -L https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64 && \
@@ -790,4 +792,3 @@ update-supported-version:
 		echo "promoting to $$s3_roles_root"; \
 		aws s3 cp --acl public-read $(BUILD_DIR)/artifacts/$(PF9_KUBE_VERSION) $${s3_roles_root}/$(PF9_KUBE_VERSION); \
 	done
-
diff --git a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/defaults.env b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/defaults.env
index 29cf7611..a06a1161 100644
--- a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/defaults.env
+++ b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/defaults.env
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ ETCD_VERSION=3.4.14
 ETCD_CONTAINER_IMG="gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v${ETCD_VERSION}"
 
 # KEEPALIVED config directory
-KEEPALIVED_VERSION="v2.1.3"
 MASTER_VIP_KEEPALIVED_CONF_FILE="/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf"
+KEEPALIVED_VERSION_UBUNTU="v2.1.3"
+KEEPALIVED_VERSION_RHEL7="v2.1.3"
+KEEPALIVED_VERSION_RHEL8="v2.1.5"
 
 #VRRP configs
 VRRP_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL=10
diff --git a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os.sh b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os.sh
index d16d640c..4b463200 100644
--- a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os.sh
+++ b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os.sh
@@ -196,12 +196,13 @@ function check_keepalived_installed()
     echo "Keepalived found, checking version"
     local keepalived_version_installed=$(keepalived --version 2>&1 >/dev/null | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 2)
     echo "keepalived installed version = ${keepalived_version_installed}"
-    if [ ${keepalived_version_installed} == ${KEEPALIVED_VERSION} ]; then
-      echo "Expected Keepalived version is installed"
+    local keepalived_version_expected=$(get_expected_keepalived_version)
+    if [ ${keepalived_version_installed} == ${keepalived_version_expected} ]; then
+      echo "Expected Keepalived version ${keepalived_version_expected} is installed"
       IS_KEEPALIVED_INSTALLED=1
       return
     fi
-    echo "Keepalived version ${KEEPALIVED_VERSION} expected but ${keepalived_version_installed} is found"
+    echo "Keepalived version ${keepalived_version_expected} expected but ${keepalived_version_installed} is found"
     IS_KEEPALIVED_INSTALLED=0
     return
   fi
diff --git a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_centos.sh b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_centos.sh
index d7452b3f..b03dfdcd 100644
--- a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_centos.sh
+++ b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_centos.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 source defaults.env
 source runtime.sh
+source /etc/os-release
 
 PWD=$(pwd)
 PF9_TE_FILE="$PWD/pf9.te"
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ function configure_containerd_http_proxy()
     mkdir -p "$CONTAINERD_DROPIN_DIR"
     cat > "$override_cfg" <<EOF
 [Service]
-Environment="HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}"  
+Environment="HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}"
 Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}"
 Environment="NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY}"
 EOF
@@ -393,13 +394,28 @@ EOF
     systemctl restart containerd
 }
 
-function install_keepalived()
+function get_expected_keepalived_version()
 {
-  echo "Removing keepalived"
-  # remove keepalived
-  yum erase -y keepalived
+    if [[ "$VERSION_ID" =~ ^8.* ]]; then
+        echo ${KEEPALIVED_VERSION_RHEL8}
+    else
+        # Assume it is 7.x
+        echo ${KEEPALIVED_VERSION_RHEL7}
+    fi
+}
 
-  echo "Installing keepalived"
-  # install keepalived
-  yum install -y $KEEPALIVED_PACKAGE_DIR/keepalived-2.1.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+function install_keepalived()
+{
+    echo "Removing keepalived"
+    # remove keepalived
+    yum erase -y keepalived
+
+    echo "Installing keepalived"
+    # install keepalived
+    if [[ "$VERSION_ID" =~ ^8.* ]]; then
+        yum install -y $KEEPALIVED_PACKAGE_DIR/keepalived-2.1.5-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
+    else
+        # Assume it is 7.x
+        yum install -y $KEEPALIVED_PACKAGE_DIR/keepalived-2.1.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+    fi
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_ubuntu.sh b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_ubuntu.sh
index 361d466f..135d5d0e 100644
--- a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/os_ubuntu.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function runtime_repo_installed()
 {
     if [ "$DOCKER_UBUNTU_REPO_URL" ]; then
         apt-cache policy | grep -q "$DOCKER_UBUNTU_REPO_URL"
-    else 
+    else
         apt-cache policy | grep -q "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)/stable"
     fi
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function install_runtime_repo()
 
     # Install the repository
     echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
-    
+
     # if the upstream repo is not available use the updated repo
     if [ "$DOCKER_UBUNTU_REPO_URL" ]; then
         echo "deb $DOCKER_UBUNTU_REPO_URL" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function configure_containerd_http_proxy()
     mkdir -p "$CONTAINERD_DROPIN_DIR"
     cat > "$override_cfg" <<EOF
 [Service]
-Environment="HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}"  
+Environment="HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}"
 Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}"
 Environment="NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY}"
 EOF
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ EOF
     systemctl restart containerd
 }
 
+function get_expected_keepalived_version()
+{
+    echo ${KEEPALIVED_VERSION_UBUNTU}
+}
+
 function install_keepalived()
 {
   # remove keepalived
diff --git a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/phases/prepare_kube_configs.sh b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/phases/prepare_kube_configs.sh
index 32438937..6e4a2f01 100755
--- a/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/phases/prepare_kube_configs.sh
+++ b/nodelet/pkg/pf9kube/pf9/pf9-kube/phases/prepare_kube_configs.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ fi
 [ "$DEBUG" == "true" ] && set -x
 
 function start() {
-    local config_dir="/etc/pf9/kube.d/kubeconfigs"
     if [ "$ROLE" == "master" ]; then
         kustomize_config
         prepare_conf_files
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ function start() {
     if [ "$ROLE" == "master" ]; then
         prepare_rolebindings
     fi
-
-    # Allow read, write on the config dir by owner but not by group, others
-    chmod -R 0600 $config_dir
 }
 
 function stop() {