diff --git a/hack/e2e/run.sh b/hack/e2e/run.sh
index 1fe93edb96..b29c4122f4 100755
--- a/hack/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e/run.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ else
   if [[ $TEST_PATH == "./tests/e2e-kubernetes/..." ]]; then
     pushd ${PWD}/tests/e2e-kubernetes
     packageVersion=$(echo $(cut -d '.' -f 1,2 <<< $K8S_VERSION))
+    if [[ "${WINDOWS}" == true ]]; then
+      packageVersion="1.27"
+    fi
 
     set -x
     set +e