diff --git a/jupyterhub/values.yaml b/jupyterhub/values.yaml
index 843d0612e2..11b671b31b 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/values.yaml
+++ b/jupyterhub/values.yaml
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ scheduling:
       # here. We aim to stay around 1 minor version behind the latest k8s
       # version.
       #
-      tag: "v1.30.5" # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/CHANGELOG
+      tag: "v1.28.14" # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/CHANGELOG
       pullPolicy:
       pullSecrets: []
     nodeSelector: {}