From 831624f4c4f0d49866230a033209664c5ac899c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NicoletaPopoviciu <87660255+NicoletaPopoviciu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bump kind to v0.22.0 and update k8s support (#3675)

* bump kind to v0.22.0 and update k8s support

* Create 3675.txt

* Update README.md
---
 .changelog/3675.txt                   | 3 +++
 README.md                             | 2 +-
 acceptance/ci-inputs/kind-inputs.yaml | 4 ++--
 charts/consul/README.md               | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/3675.txt

diff --git a/.changelog/3675.txt b/.changelog/3675.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..987370cfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3675.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+helm: Kubernetes v1.29 is now supported. Minimum tested version of Kubernetes is now v1.26.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52e909741b..e59e5b8577 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ by contacting us at [security@hashicorp.com](mailto:security@hashicorp.com).
 
 The following pre-requisites must be met before installing Consul on Kubernetes. 
 
-  * **Kubernetes 1.25.x - 1.28.x** - This represents the earliest versions of Kubernetes tested.
+  * **Kubernetes 1.26.x - 1.29.x** - This represents the earliest versions of Kubernetes tested.
     It is possible that this chart works with earlier versions, but it is
     untested.
   * Helm install
diff --git a/acceptance/ci-inputs/kind-inputs.yaml b/acceptance/ci-inputs/kind-inputs.yaml
index 9b047bdac6..5271ee68ba 100644
--- a/acceptance/ci-inputs/kind-inputs.yaml
+++ b/acceptance/ci-inputs/kind-inputs.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
-kindVersion: v0.19.0
-kindNodeImage: kindest/node:v1.28.0@sha256:dad5a6238c5e41d7cac405fae3b5eda2ad1de6f1190fa8bfc64ff5bb86173213
+kindVersion: v0.22.0
+kindNodeImage: kindest/node:v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245
 kubectlVersion: v1.27.1
diff --git a/charts/consul/README.md b/charts/consul/README.md
index e7d7fd9285..a0a9929ed4 100644
--- a/charts/consul/README.md
+++ b/charts/consul/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ by contacting us at [security@hashicorp.com](mailto:security@hashicorp.com).
 
 The following pre-requisites must be met before installing Consul on Kubernetes. 
 
-  * **Kubernetes 1.23.x - 1.26.x** - This represents the earliest versions of Kubernetes tested.
+  * **Kubernetes 1.26.x - 1.29.x** - This represents the earliest versions of Kubernetes tested.
     It is possible that this chart works with earlier versions, but it is
     untested.
   * Helm install