diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240530-ansible-core-support-update.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/20240530-ansible-core-support-update.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2efafc0421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20240530-ansible-core-support-update.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/734).
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 76295c321d..d9cb099846 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ plugin_routing:
       redirect: community.okd.openshift
     k8s:
       deprecation:
-        removal_version: 5.0.0
+        removal_version: 6.0.0
         warning_text: >-
           The k8s inventory plugin has been deprecated and
-          will be removed in release 5.0.0.
+          will be removed in release 6.0.0.
   modules:
     k8s_auth:
       redirect: community.okd.k8s_auth
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/k8s.py b/plugins/inventory/k8s.py
index a5146eb9cb..37ef90a15f 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/k8s.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/k8s.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
       - Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.
 
     deprecated:
-      removed_in: 5.0.0
+      removed_in: 6.0.0
       why: |
         As discussed in U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31), we decided to
-        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 5.0.0.
+        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 6.0.0.
       alternative: "Use M(kubernetes.core.k8s_info) and M(ansible.builtin.add_host) instead."
 
     options:
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
         super(InventoryModule, self).parse(inventory, loader, path)
 
         self.display.deprecated(
-            "The 'k8s' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 5.0.0",
-            version="5.0.0",
+            "The 'k8s' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 6.0.0",
+            version="6.0.0",
             collection_name="kubernetes.core",
         )
         cache_key = self._get_cache_prefix(path)