diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
index 5a44fcab..8fa5ef87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: [ '1.20' ]
-        kube-version: [ 'v1.24.16' ]
+        kube-version: [ 'v1.24.15' ]
         solr-version: [ '9' ] # [ '8', '9' ]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/dev-docs/e2e-testing.md b/dev-docs/e2e-testing.md
index aad92cf3..609270af 100644
--- a/dev-docs/e2e-testing.md
+++ b/dev-docs/e2e-testing.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $ make e2e-tests TEST_SEED=89724023 SOLR_IMAGE=apache/solr-nightly:10.0.0-SNAPSH
   Default is `solr:8.11`.
 - **KUBERETES_VERSION** - A full Kubernetes version, starting with `v`, to use when creating the KinD Cluster.
   To find a list of all possible versions, check the [KinD Node Docker tags](https://hub.docker.com/r/kindest/node/tags).
-  Default is `v1.24.16`.
+  Default is `v1.24.15`.
 
 ### Filtering tests
 
diff --git a/hack/release/smoke_test/test_cluster.sh b/hack/release/smoke_test/test_cluster.sh
index 5c18aebf..4b95d5f8 100755
--- a/hack/release/smoke_test/test_cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/release/smoke_test/test_cluster.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Test the release candidate in a Kind cluster
     -l  Base location of the staged artifacts. Can be a URL or relative or absolute file path.
     -i  Solr Operator docker image to use (Optional, defaults to apache/solr-operator:<version>)
     -g  GPG Key (fingerprint) used to sign the artifacts (Optional, if not provided then the helm chart will not be verified)
-    -k  Kubernetes Version to test with (full tag, e.g. v1.24.16) (Optional, defaults to a compatible version)
+    -k  Kubernetes Version to test with (full tag, e.g. v1.24.15) (Optional, defaults to a compatible version)
     -t  Full solr image, or image tag (for the official Solr image), to test with (e.g. apache/solr-nightly:9.0.0, 8.11). (Optional, defaults to a compatible version)
 EOF
 }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if [[ -z "${LOCATION:-}" ]]; then
   echo "Specify an base artifact location -l, or through the LOCATION env var" >&2 && exit 1
 fi
 if [[ -z "${KUBERNETES_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.24.16"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.24.15"
 fi
 if [[ -z "${SOLR_IMAGE:-}" ]]; then
   SOLR_IMAGE="${SOLR_VERSION:-9}"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/manage_e2e_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/manage_e2e_tests.sh
index 98d1f6d7..d30db276 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/manage_e2e_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/manage_e2e_tests.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if [[ -z "${OPERATOR_IMAGE:-}" ]]; then
   echo "Specify a Docker image for the Solr Operator through -i, or through the OPERATOR_IMAGE env var" >&2 && exit 1
 fi
 if [[ -z "${KUBERNETES_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.24.16"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.24.15"
 fi
 if [[ -z "${SOLR_IMAGE:-}" ]]; then
   SOLR_IMAGE="${SOLR_VERSION:-8.11}"