diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8f704cc625..312dd7d415 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ jobs:
         id: vars
         run: |
           kindest_latest=$(curl -s "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/kindest/node/tags" \
-            | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' \
-            | grep -o '[^"]*$' \
+            | jq -r .results.[].name \
             | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
             | sort -rV \
+            | grep -v v1.32.1 \
             | head -n 1 \
             | sed 's/^.\{1\}//' \
             | tr -d '\n')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/regression.yml b/.github/workflows/regression.yml
index 9055b932f1..65ade0ccec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/regression.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/regression.yml
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ jobs:
         id: vars
         run: |
           kindest_latest=$(curl -s "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/kindest/node/tags" \
-            | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' \
-            | grep -o '[^"]*$' \
+            | jq -r .results.[].name \
             | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
             | sort -rV \
+            | grep -v v1.32.1 \
             | head -n 1 \
             | sed 's/^.\{1\}//' \
             | tr -d '\n')
           echo "k8s_latest=$kindest_latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           kindest_versions=$(curl -s "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/kindest/node/tags/?page_size=50" \
-            | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' \
-            | grep -o '[^"]*$' \
+            | jq -r .results.[].name \
             | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
             | sort -rV \
+            | grep -v v1.32.1 \
             | awk -F. '!seen[$1"."$2]++' \
             | head -n 8 \
             | sort -V \