diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5ede26cf..b729adea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ jobs:
           kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets/main/helm/sealed-secrets/crds/bitnami.com_sealedsecrets.yaml
 
       - name: Run tests
+        env:
+          KUBERNETES_VERSION: ${{ matrix.kubernetes }}
         run: |
           vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5a531531..5b39c4a8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
+        "ext-json": "*",
+        "composer/semver": "^2.0|^3.0",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.5|^7.0",
         "illuminate/macroable": "^9.35|^10.1|^11.0",
         "illuminate/support": "^9.35|^10.1|^11.0",
         "ratchet/pawl": "^0.4.1",
-        "symfony/process": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0",
-        "vierbergenlars/php-semver": "^2.1|^3.0"
+        "symfony/process": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-yaml": "YAML extension is used to read or generate YAML from PHP K8s internal classes."
diff --git a/src/Traits/Cluster/ChecksClusterVersion.php b/src/Traits/Cluster/ChecksClusterVersion.php
index eedea5f2..988d49ac 100644
--- a/src/Traits/Cluster/ChecksClusterVersion.php
+++ b/src/Traits/Cluster/ChecksClusterVersion.php
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace RenokiCo\PhpK8s\Traits\Cluster;
 
+use Composer\Semver\Comparator;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException;
 use RenokiCo\PhpK8s\Exceptions\KubernetesAPIException;
-use vierbergenlars\SemVer\version as Semver;
 
 trait ChecksClusterVersion
 {
     /**
      * The Kubernetes cluster version.
      *
-     * @var \vierbergenlars\SemVer\version|null
+     * @var string|null
      */
     protected $kubernetesVersion;
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ protected function loadClusterVersion(): void
             );
         }
 
-        $json = @json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
+        $json = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
 
-        $this->kubernetesVersion = new Semver($json['gitVersion']);
+        $this->kubernetesVersion = self::trimVersion($json['gitVersion']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ public function newerThan(string $kubernetesVersion): bool
     {
         $this->loadClusterVersion();
 
-        return Semver::gte(
-            $this->kubernetesVersion, $kubernetesVersion
+        return Comparator::greaterThanOrEqualTo(
+            $this->kubernetesVersion,
+            self::trimVersion($kubernetesVersion)
         );
     }
 
@@ -74,8 +75,14 @@ public function olderThan(string $kubernetesVersion): bool
     {
         $this->loadClusterVersion();
 
-        return Semver::lt(
-            $this->kubernetesVersion, $kubernetesVersion
+        return Comparator::lessThan(
+            $this->kubernetesVersion,
+            self::trimVersion($kubernetesVersion)
         );
     }
+
+    private static function trimVersion(string $version): string
+    {
+        return preg_replace('/^v/', '', $version);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/CheckClusterVersionTest.php b/tests/CheckClusterVersionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c0140cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CheckClusterVersionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace RenokiCo\PhpK8s\Test;
+
+class CheckClusterVersionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected $clusterVersion;
+
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->clusterVersion = $_SERVER['KUBERNETES_VERSION'];
+    }
+
+    public function test_newer_than()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->cluster->newerThan($this->clusterVersion));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->cluster->newerThan('v'.$this->clusterVersion));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->cluster->newerThan($this->change_version(1, 0)));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->cluster->newerThan($this->change_version(2, 99)));
+    }
+
+    public function test_old_than()
+    {
+        $this->assertFalse($this->cluster->olderThan($this->clusterVersion));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->cluster->olderThan('v'.$this->clusterVersion));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->cluster->olderThan($this->change_version(1, 99)));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->cluster->olderThan($this->change_version(0, 2)));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->cluster->olderThan($this->change_version(1, 0)));
+    }
+
+    protected function change_version(int $position, int $version): string
+    {
+        $parts = explode('.', $this->clusterVersion);
+        $parts[$position] = $version;
+
+        return implode('.', $parts);
+    }
+}