diff --git a/network/kubectl/kubectl.SlackBuild b/network/kubectl/kubectl.SlackBuild
index 47a97ead18..be5873b911 100644
--- a/network/kubectl/kubectl.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/kubectl/kubectl.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for kubectl
 
-# Copyright 2019  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2019-2022  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=kubectl
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.23.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/network/kubectl/kubectl.info b/network/kubectl/kubectl.info
index 68fbffd7e0..80aa1d0e5e 100644
--- a/network/kubectl/kubectl.info
+++ b/network/kubectl/kubectl.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="kubectl"
-VERSION="1.17.0"
+VERSION="1.23.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://kubernetes.io/"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.17.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="ab919f8c715aa0954cccce0701cbcb0c"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.23.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="a60e14348d808ea0b11acdc2b1b026b5"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
 EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"