diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 1d926b1d6d0..db9b61469d7 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: "CONFIG: 'go\\d+.\\d+-bullseye'"
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents (next candidate)"
-    version: v1.24.0-go1.18beta1-bullseye.0
+    version: v1.24.0-go1.18rc1-bullseye.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
       match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
diff --git a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
index 63b8942ee49..b1e3b508cac 100644
--- a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   v1.24-cross1.18-bullseye:
-    CONFIG: 'cross1.17'
-    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.24.0-go1.18beta1-bullseye.0'
+    CONFIG: 'cross1.18'
+    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.24.0-go1.18rc1-bullseye.0'
   v1.24-cross1.17-bullseye:
     CONFIG: 'cross1.17'
     KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.24.0-go1.17.7-bullseye.0'