diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
index 7b3dfa2abc6..4d770a35701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ jobs:
     name: "Build and Test"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        KUBERNETES_VERSION: ["v1.19.7", "v1.20.2"]
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -168,6 +171,9 @@ jobs:
     name: "Build and Test Mutation"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        KUBERNETES_VERSION: ["v1.19.7", "v1.20.2"]
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e2ce6141be..c14ba49e303 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ USE_LOCAL_IMG ?= false
 
 VERSION := v3.4.0
 
-KIND_VERSION ?= 0.8.1
+KIND_VERSION ?= 0.10.0
 # note: k8s version pinned since KIND image availability lags k8s releases
-KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v1.19.0
+KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v1.20.2
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= 3.8.8
 BATS_VERSION ?= 1.2.1
 BATS_TESTS_FILE ?= test/bats/test.bats