diff --git a/kr8s/_api.py b/kr8s/_api.py
index 7e8c0b13..c11ae5e8 100644
--- a/kr8s/_api.py
+++ b/kr8s/_api.py
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ async def _check_version(self) -> None:
             )
             return
 
+        # We only care about major/minor version differences, so we truncate the patch version
+        version = parse_version(f"{version.major}.{version.minor}")
         if (
             version < KUBERNETES_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION
             or version > KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION
diff --git a/kr8s/tests/test_api.py b/kr8s/tests/test_api.py
index de4ccc05..cbc60d8d 100644
--- a/kr8s/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/kr8s/tests/test_api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 3-Clause License
 import queue
 import threading
+import warnings
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@
 import kr8s
 import kr8s.asyncio
 from kr8s._async_utils import anext
+from kr8s._constants import (
+    KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION,
+    KUBERNETES_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION,
+)
 from kr8s._exceptions import APITimeoutError
 from kr8s.asyncio.objects import Pod, Service, Table
 from kr8s.objects import Pod as SyncPod
@@ -520,6 +525,7 @@ def test_create_sync(example_pod_spec, example_service_spec):
         "v1.27.0",
         "1.27.0-eks-113cf36",
         "v1.27.0-eks-113cf36",
+        f"{KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION.major}.{KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION.minor+1}",
         "asdkjhaskdjhasd",
     ],
 )
@@ -532,6 +538,25 @@ async def test_bad_kubernetes_version(version):
     api.async_version = keep
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "version",
+    [
+        str(KUBERNETES_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION),
+        str(KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION),
+        f"{KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION.major}.{KUBERNETES_MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION.minor}.15",
+        f"{KUBERNETES_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION}-eks-113cf36",
+    ],
+)
+async def test_good_kubernetes_version(version):
+    api = await kr8s.asyncio.api()
+    keep = api.async_version
+    api.async_version = AsyncMock(return_value={"gitVersion": version})
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        await api._check_version()
+        assert w == []
+    api.async_version = keep
+
+
 async def test_crd_caching(example_crd_spec):
     api = await kr8s.asyncio.api()