diff --git a/charts/garden-kube-apiserver/values.yaml b/charts/garden-kube-apiserver/values.yaml
index 36dfe95..d1ab8b6 100644
--- a/charts/garden-kube-apiserver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/garden-kube-apiserver/values.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 namespace: xxx
 serviceName: garden-kube-apiserver
 images:
-  apiserver: k8s.gcr.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.4
+  apiserver: k8s.gcr.io/kube-apiserver:v1.27.1
   controllermanager: k8s.gcr.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.4
 
 replicas: 3