diff --git a/hack/latest-kind-images.sh b/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
index bac83f96a..bc0147ea1 100755
--- a/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
+++ b/hack/latest-kind-images.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ LATEST_124_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.24")
 LATEST_125_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.25")
 LATEST_126_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.26")
 LATEST_127_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.27")
+LATEST_128_TAG=$(latest_kind_tag "1\\.28")
 
 LATEST_122_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_122_TAG)
 LATEST_123_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_123_TAG)
@@ -61,10 +62,7 @@ LATEST_124_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_124_TAG)
 LATEST_125_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_125_TAG)
 LATEST_126_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_126_TAG)
 LATEST_127_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_127_TAG)
-
-# k8s 1.28 is manually added to ensure that we use the exact documented tag as per kind recommendation
-LATEST_128_TAG=v1.28.0
-LATEST_128_DIGEST=sha256:b7a4cad12c197af3ba43202d3efe03246b3f0793f162afb40a33c923952d5b31
+LATEST_128_DIGEST=$(crane digest $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_128_TAG)
 
 cat << EOF > ./make/kind_images.sh
 # Copyright 2022 The cert-manager Authors.
@@ -89,8 +87,6 @@ KIND_IMAGE_K8S_124=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_124_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_125=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_125_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_126=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_126_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_127=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_127_DIGEST
-
-# Manually set- see hack/latest-kind-images.sh for details
 KIND_IMAGE_K8S_128=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO@$LATEST_128_DIGEST
 
 # $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_122_TAG
@@ -111,7 +107,6 @@ KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_126=$LATEST_126_DIGEST
 # $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_127_TAG
 KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_127=$LATEST_127_DIGEST
 
-# Manually set - see hack/latest-kind-images.sh for details
 # $KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_128_TAG
 KIND_IMAGE_SHA_K8S_128=$LATEST_128_DIGEST
 
@@ -123,8 +118,6 @@ KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_124=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_124_TAG@$LATEST_124_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_125=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_125_TAG@$LATEST_125_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_126=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_126_TAG@$LATEST_126_DIGEST
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_127=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_127_TAG@$LATEST_127_DIGEST
-
-# Manually set - see hack/latest-kind-images.sh for details
 KIND_IMAGE_FULL_K8S_128=$KIND_IMAGE_REPO:$LATEST_128_TAG@$LATEST_128_DIGEST
 
 EOF