diff --git a/hack/cluster.sh b/hack/cluster.sh
index 18f50999..23cad6eb 100755
--- a/hack/cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/cluster.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ fi
 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/issues/2875
 # https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/cri/config.md#registry-configuration
 # See: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/hosts.md
-cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:v1.34.3 --config=-
+cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --config=-
 kind: Cluster
 apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 containerdConfigPatches:
 - |-
   [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry]
     config_path = "/etc/containerd/certs.d"
+featureGates:
+  MaxUnavailableStatefulSet: false
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
 - role: worker