diff --git a/capt/Taskfile.yaml b/capt/Taskfile.yaml
index fd6cbbf..254019f 100644
--- a/capt/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/capt/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tasks:
   create-playground:
     silent: true
     summary: |
-      Create the CAPT playground. Use the .playground file to define things like cluster size and Kubernetes version.
+      Create the CAPT playground. Use the config.yaml file to define things like cluster size and Kubernetes version.
     cmds:
       - task: system-deps-warnings
       - task: validate-binaries
diff --git a/capt/config.yaml b/capt/config.yaml
index f8f131b..2714588 100644
--- a/capt/config.yaml
+++ b/capt/config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ counts:
 versions:
   capt: v0.6.1
   chart: 0.6.1
-  kube: v1.28.9
+  kube: v1.29.4
   os: 20.04
   kubevip: 0.8.7
 capt:
diff --git a/capt/tasks/Taskfile-create.yaml b/capt/tasks/Taskfile-create.yaml
index 032be51..ef954f5 100644
--- a/capt/tasks/Taskfile-create.yaml
+++ b/capt/tasks/Taskfile-create.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: bmc-secret
       - task: vms
       - task: vbmc:start-vbmcs
+      - task: default-storage-pool
       - task: apply-bmc-secret
       - task: apply-bmc-machines
       - task: apply-hardware
@@ -240,3 +241,12 @@ tasks:
       - echo "Workload cluster kubeconfig saved to {{.OUTPUT_DIR}}/{{.CLUSTER_NAME}}.kubeconfig."
     status:
       - echo ; [ -f {{.OUTPUT_DIR}}/{{.CLUSTER_NAME}}.kubeconfig ]
+
+  default-storage-pool:
+    summary: |
+      Create the default storage pool for the redfish emulator to work properly.
+    cmds:
+      - virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-define-as --name default --type dir --target /tmp/iso
+      - virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-start --build default
+    status:
+      - virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-info default
diff --git a/capt/tasks/Taskfile-delete.yaml b/capt/tasks/Taskfile-delete.yaml
index f6d22de..4699003 100644
--- a/capt/tasks/Taskfile-delete.yaml
+++ b/capt/tasks/Taskfile-delete.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: vbmc-container
       - task: vbmc-generated-files
       - task: vms
+      - task: default-storage-pool
       - task: output-dir
 
   kind-cluster:
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@ tasks:
     status:
       - got=$(virsh --connect qemu:///system list --all --name | grep -ce "{{.VM_BASE_NAME}}*" || :); [[ "$got" == "0" ]]
 
+  default-storage-pool:
+    summary: |
+      Delete the default storage pool.
+    cmds:
+      - for vol in $(virsh --connect qemu:///system -q vol-list default | xargs | cut -d " " -f1,3,5,7,9); do virsh --connect qemu:///system vol-delete --pool default $vol; done
+      - virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-destroy default || true
+      - virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-undefine default
+    status:
+      - (! virsh --connect qemu:///system pool-info default )
+
   vbmc-container:
     summary: |
       Delete the Virtual BMC container.