diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 1474023bfbb..78c1701c001 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ EOF
 
     # Wait for kube-apiserver to come up before launching the rest of the components.
     echo "Waiting for apiserver to come up"
-    kube::util::wait_for_url "https://${API_HOST}:${API_SECURE_PORT}/api/v1/pods" "apiserver: " 1 ${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER} || exit 1
+    kube::util::wait_for_url "https://${API_HOST}:${API_SECURE_PORT}/version" "apiserver: " 1 ${WAIT_FOR_URL_API_SERVER} || exit 1
 }
 
 function start_controller_manager {