diff --git a/cmd/initContainer/main.go b/cmd/initContainer/main.go
index 4f0dc8986b..dd20685f87 100644
--- a/cmd/initContainer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/initContainer/main.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Exit for unsupported version of kubernetes cluster
-	if !utils.HigherThanKubernetesVersion(client, log.Log, 1, 14, 0) {
+	if !utils.HigherThanKubernetesVersion(client, log.Log, 1, 16, 0) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 77da1f2eff..056dfdb396 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 	DeploymentKind = "Deployment"
 
 	// DeploymentAPIVersion define the default deployment resource apiVersion
-	DeploymentAPIVersion = "extensions/v1beta1"
+	DeploymentAPIVersion = "apps/v1"
 )
 
 var (