diff --git a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
index ab4d22f317..4df12ee816 100644
--- a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
+++ b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,15 @@ function get_nodes_and_pods_info() {
 }
 
 function deploy_k0s() {
-	curl -sSLf https://get.k0s.sh | sudo sh
+	url=$(get_from_kata_deps ".externals.k0s.url")
+
+	k0s_version_param=""
+	version=$(get_from_kata_deps ".externals.k0s.version")
+	if [ -n "${version}" ]; then
+		k0s_version_param="K0S_VERSION=${version}"
+	fi
+
+	curl -sSLf ${url} | sudo ${k0s_version_param} sh
 
 	sudo k0s install controller --single ${KUBERNETES_EXTRA_PARAMS:-}
 
@@ -321,7 +329,7 @@ function _get_k0s_kubernetes_version_for_crio() {
 	#
 	# The CRI-O repo for such version of Kubernetes expects something like:
 	# 1.27
-	k0s_version=$(curl -sSLf "https://docs.k0sproject.io/stable.txt")
+	k0s_version=$(get_from_kata_deps ".externals.k0s.version")
 
 	# Remove everything after the second '.'
 	crio_version=${k0s_version%\.*+*}
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index f685949fcf..0b0c824299 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ externals:
     url: "https://github.com/lvmteam/lvm2"
     version: "v2_03_16"
 
+  k0s:
+    description: "K0s Kubernetes distribution, used in cri-o testing"
+    url: "https://get.k0s.sh"
+    version: "v1.31.5+k0s.0"
+
   kubernetes:
     description: "Kubernetes project container manager"
     url: "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes"