diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 25c205d6f1..815007c402 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ RUN rm -vf /charts/*.sh /charts/*.md /charts/chart_versions.yaml
 # This image includes any host level programs that we might need. All binaries
 # must be placed in bin/ of the file image and subdirectories of bin/ will be flattened during installation.
 # This means bin/foo/bar will become bin/bar when rke2 installs this to the host
-FROM rancher/hardened-kubernetes:v1.28.11-rke2r1-build20240612 AS kubernetes
+FROM rancher/hardened-kubernetes:v1.28.11-rke2r1-build20240619 AS kubernetes
 FROM rancher/hardened-containerd:v1.7.17-k3s1-build20240605 AS containerd
 FROM rancher/hardened-crictl:v1.26.1-build20231010 AS crictl
 FROM rancher/hardened-runc:v1.1.12-build20240201 AS runc
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 5c86d2d640..8047c8fd2c 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PLATFORM=${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
 RELEASE=${PROG}.${PLATFORM}
 # hardcode versions unless set specifically
 KUBERNETES_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION:-v1.28.11}
-KUBERNETES_IMAGE_TAG=${KUBERNETES_IMAGE_TAG:-v1.28.11-rke2r1-build20240612}
+KUBERNETES_IMAGE_TAG=${KUBERNETES_IMAGE_TAG:-v1.28.11-rke2r1-build20240619}
 ETCD_VERSION=${ETCD_VERSION:-v3.5.13-k3s1}
 PAUSE_VERSION=${PAUSE_VERSION:-3.6}
 CCM_VERSION=${CCM_VERSION:-v1.29.3-build20240515}