diff --git a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
index e48633b..d1319ec 100644
--- a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   ks_endpoints: quay.io/vexxhost/heat@sha256:755225f9a63c0968f1ceeda3a2f06c66dd8d247ff00308f549e66496aa8f59d0 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/heat:zed
   ks_service: quay.io/vexxhost/heat@sha256:755225f9a63c0968f1ceeda3a2f06c66dd8d247ff00308f549e66496aa8f59d0 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/heat:zed
   ks_user: quay.io/vexxhost/heat@sha256:755225f9a63c0968f1ceeda3a2f06c66dd8d247ff00308f549e66496aa8f59d0 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/heat:zed
+  kubectl: docker.io/bitnami/kubectl@sha256:f59ccdfedf272a89983abe62ca277b86c8b0b3fcf913c4b7f637db08f4b21682 # image-source: docker.io/bitnami/kubectl:latest
   kube_apiserver: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.22.17
   kube_controller_manager: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.22.17
   kube_coredns: registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.8.4