diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e.yml
index 092d7cd..cb3501f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on:
 # set up environment variables to be used across all the jobs
 env:
   KIND_VERSION: "v0.32.0"
-  K8S_VERSION: "v1.36.1"
+  K8S_VERSION: "v1.37.0-rc.1"
   REGISTRY: "ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/postgresql-trunk"
 
 defaults: