diff --git a/pkg/services/check/check.go b/pkg/services/check/check.go
index f7df10f1375..87dcb70324e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/check/check.go
+++ b/pkg/services/check/check.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	kubernetesConstraints = ">=1.20.6-0"
+	kubernetesConstraints = ">=1.26"
 )
 
 // KubernetesVersion checks if the Kubernetes version of the client is recent enough and
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ func KubernetesVersion(c discovery.DiscoveryInterface) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("✗ kubernetes version %s does not match %s", sv.Original(), kubernetesConstraints)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("✔ Kubernetes %s %s", sv.String(), kubernetesConstraints), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("✔ Kubernetes %s %s", sv, kubernetesConstraints), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/check/check_test.go b/pkg/services/check/check_test.go
index d2ea0a0fa72..1f7c11375db 100644
--- a/pkg/services/check/check_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/check/check_test.go
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ func TestKubernetesVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:          "server version satisfies constraint",
 			serverVersion: "v1.28.4",
-			expectedRes:   `✔ Kubernetes 1.28.4 >=1.20.6-0`,
+			expectedRes:   `^✔ Kubernetes 1.28.4 >=1.`,
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "server version too low",
 			serverVersion: "v1.20.5",
-			expectedErr:   `✗ kubernetes version v1\.20\.5 does not match >=1\.20\.6-0`,
+			expectedErr:   `✗ kubernetes version v1\.20\.5 does not match >=1\.`,
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "server version not semver compliant",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestKubernetesVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				g.Expect(err).To(MatchError(MatchRegexp(tt.expectedErr)))
 			}
 
-			g.Expect(res).To(Equal(tt.expectedRes))
+			g.Expect(res).To(MatchRegexp(tt.expectedRes))
 		})
 	}
 }