diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index aaa70bb7..cf0beb21 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ARG OSBUILDER_VERSION=v0.400.3
 ARG OSBUILDER_IMAGE=quay.io/kairos/osbuilder-tools:$OSBUILDER_VERSION
 ARG AURORABOOT_VERSION=v0.16.0
 ARG AURORABOOT_IMAGE=quay.io/kairos/auroraboot:$AURORABOOT_VERSION
-ARG K3S_PROVIDER_VERSION=v4.9.4
+ARG K3S_PROVIDER_VERSION=v4.9.5-rc.2
 ARG KUBEADM_PROVIDER_VERSION=v4.9.8
 ARG RKE2_PROVIDER_VERSION=v4.9.3
 ARG NODEADM_PROVIDER_VERSION=v4.9.3