diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02391594..311c00d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
-#  Local .terraform directories
-/.terraform/
+**/.terraform
 **/.terraform/*
 
 # .tfstate files
-*.tfstate
-*.tfstate.*
+**/*.tfstate
+**/*.tfstate.*
 
 # .tfvars files
-*.tfvars
+**/*.tfvars
 
 # Terraform lock file
-.terraform.lock.hcl
+**/.terraform.lock.hcl
 
-.DS_Store
-*.bk
+**/.DS_Store
+**/*.bk
 
 # Editor files
-.vscode
-kubeconfig*
-cat.*
-test.py
-.idea
+**/.vscode
+**/kubeconfig*
+**/cat.*
+**/test.py
+**/.idea
 
 **/wandb/*
-policy.json
\ No newline at end of file
+**/policy.json
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea2c2379..9b0df313 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Upgrades must be executed in step-wise fashion from one version to the next. You
 |------|---------|
 | <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) | >= 1.0 |
 | <a name="requirement_aws"></a> [aws](#requirement\_aws) | ~> 4.6 |
-| <a name="requirement_kubernetes"></a> [kubernetes](#requirement\_kubernetes) | ~> 2.6 |
+| <a name="requirement_kubernetes"></a> [kubernetes](#requirement\_kubernetes) | ~> 2.23 |
 
 ## Providers
 
diff --git a/versions.tf b/versions.tf
index d0a90f9d..1ffbef44 100644
--- a/versions.tf
+++ b/versions.tf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ terraform {
     }
     kubernetes = {
       source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
-      version = "~> 2.6"
+      version = "~> 2.23"
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}