diff --git a/deploy/melange.yaml.tmpl b/deploy/melange.yaml.tmpl
index d2a2ad7523..cffc98ca0a 100644
--- a/deploy/melange.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/deploy/melange.yaml.tmpl
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ pipeline:
       ln -s /usr/bin/kustomize ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kustomize5
 
       # TODO: this requires manual intervention whenever kubectl bumps its major version
-      ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.24 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl-v1.24
       ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.25 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl-v1.25
       ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.26 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl-v1.26
       ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.27 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl-v1.27
-      ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.27 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl
+      ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.28 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl-v1.28
+      ln -s /usr/bin/kubectl-1.28 ${DESTDIR}/usr/local/bin/kubectl