diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/kubeconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/kubeconfig_test.go
index 132ca498c90..b96f5147835 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/kubeconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/kubeconfig_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func generateTestKubeadmConfig(dir, id, certDir, clusterName string) (string, er
 		},
 		CertificatesDir:   certDir,
 		ClusterName:       clusterName,
-		KubernetesVersion: "v1.19.0",
+		KubernetesVersion: kubeadmconstants.MinimumControlPlaneVersion.String(),
 	}
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs_test.go
index 17979873950..a3451c269a2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs_test.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func TestRunGenCSR(t *testing.T) {
 					ServiceSubnet: "192.0.2.0/24",
 				},
 				CertificatesDir:   certDir,
-				KubernetesVersion: "v1.19.0",
+				KubernetesVersion: kubeadmconstants.MinimumControlPlaneVersion.String(),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func TestGenCSRConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// A minimal kubeadm config with just enough values to avoid triggering
 	// auto-detection of config values at runtime.
-	const kubeadmConfig = `
+	var kubeadmConfig = `
 apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta2
 kind: InitConfiguration
 localAPIEndpoint:
@@ -389,8 +389,7 @@ nodeRegistration:
 apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta2
 kind: ClusterConfiguration
 certificatesDir: /custom/config/certificates-dir
-kubernetesVersion: v1.19.0
-`
+kubernetesVersion: ` + kubeadmconstants.MinimumControlPlaneVersion.String()
 
 	tmpDir := testutil.SetupTempDir(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
index 05e6b70fccc..57ddbcc5764 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
@@ -453,13 +453,13 @@ var (
 	ControlPlaneComponents = []string{KubeAPIServer, KubeControllerManager, KubeScheduler}
 
 	// MinimumControlPlaneVersion specifies the minimum control plane version kubeadm can deploy
-	MinimumControlPlaneVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.19.0")
+	MinimumControlPlaneVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.20.0")
 
 	// MinimumKubeletVersion specifies the minimum version of kubelet which kubeadm supports
-	MinimumKubeletVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.19.0")
+	MinimumKubeletVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.20.0")
 
 	// CurrentKubernetesVersion specifies current Kubernetes version supported by kubeadm
-	CurrentKubernetesVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.20.0")
+	CurrentKubernetesVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.21.0")
 
 	// SupportedEtcdVersion lists officially supported etcd versions with corresponding Kubernetes releases
 	SupportedEtcdVersion = map[uint8]string{
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ var (
 		19: "3.4.13-0",
 		20: "3.4.13-0",
 		21: "3.4.13-0",
+		22: "3.4.13-0",
 	}
 
 	// KubeadmCertsClusterRoleName sets the name for the ClusterRole that allows