diff --git a/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh b/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
index 1b3a93b80..058666ef7 100755
--- a/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
+++ b/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ if [ "$ID" == "ubuntu" ]; then
 		sudo -E apt purge kubelet -y
 	fi
 	sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
-	deb http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/ kubernetes-xenial-unstable main
+	deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.29/deb/ /
 EOF"
-
 	chronic sudo -E sed -i 's/^[ \t]*//' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
-	curl -fsSL https://dl.k8s.io/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+	curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.29/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
 	chronic sudo -E apt update
 	chronic sudo -E apt install --allow-downgrades -y kubelet="$kubernetes_version" kubeadm="$kubernetes_version" kubectl="$kubernetes_version"
 elif [[ "$ID" =~ ^(alinux|centos|fedora|rhel)$ ]]; then
diff --git a/.ci/setup_env_ubuntu.sh b/.ci/setup_env_ubuntu.sh
index e2b3cb8c0..878ac3b45 100755
--- a/.ci/setup_env_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/.ci/setup_env_ubuntu.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ source "/etc/os-release" || source "/usr/lib/os-release"
 source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
 
 echo "Update apt repositories"
+# FIXME: workaround for https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/issues/5811
+sudo -E rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
 sudo -E apt update
 
 # Removing man-db, workflow's kept failing, fixes: #4480