diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes.yml b/deploy/kubernetes.yml
index 0542427..14a18c1 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+variables:
+    KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_NAME: k8s-ldc-web
+    KUBERNETES_VERSION: 1.28.3
+
 .kubernetes:
     stage: deploy
     image:
-        name: alpine/k8s:1.26.0
+        name: "alpine/k8s:${KUBERNETES_VERSION}"
         entrypoint: ['']
     variables:
-        KUBE_CONTEXT: ldc-web/cluster-k8s:k8s-ldc-web
+        KUBE_CONTEXT: "ldc-web/cluster-k8s:${KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_NAME}"
         KUBE_NAMESPACE: default
     before_script:
         - kubectl config use-context ${KUBE_CONTEXT}