diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index 45c6d9733..08ead352b 100755
--- a/build/dev-env.sh
+++ b/build/dev-env.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ echo "[dev-env] building image"
 make build image
 docker tag "${REGISTRY}/controller:${TAG}" "${DEV_IMAGE}"
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.4@sha256:d8ff5fc405fc679dd3dd0cccc01543ba4942ed90823817d2e9e2c474a5343c4f}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.19.0@sha256:3b0289b2d1bab2cb9108645a006939d2f447a10ad2bb21919c332d06b548bbc6}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"