diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1e4b3253..fe8586f97 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 REGISTRY ?= ghcr.io
-KIND_IMAGE ?= kindest/node:v1.28.0
+KIND_IMAGE ?= kindest/node:v1.30.0
 ifndef TAG
 	TAG ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
 endif
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38a609460..def82e86e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export this variable which specifies the number of member clusters that will be
 export MEMBER_CLUSTER_COUNT=1
 ```
 
-from the root directory of the repo run the following command, by default a hub cluster gets created which is the control plane for fleet (**The makefile uses kindest/node:v1.28.0**)
+from the root directory of the repo run the following command, by default a hub cluster gets created which is the control plane for fleet (**The makefile uses kindest/node:v1.30.0**)
 
 ```shell
 make setup-clusters
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation.go b/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation.go
index 0b929f46a..7b3e2b63c 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	mastersGroup              = "system:masters"
+	kubeadmClusterAdminsGroup = "kubeadm:cluster-admins"
 	serviceAccountsGroup      = "system:serviceaccounts"
 	nodeGroup                 = "system:nodes"
 	kubeSchedulerUser         = "system:kube-scheduler"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 func ValidateUserForFleetCRD(req admission.Request, whiteListedUsers []string, group string) admission.Response {
 	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Name: req.Name, Namespace: req.Namespace}
 	userInfo := req.UserInfo
-	if checkCRDGroup(group) && !isMasterGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers, userInfo) {
+	if checkCRDGroup(group) && !isAdminGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers, userInfo) {
 		klog.V(2).InfoS(deniedModifyResource, "user", userInfo.Username, "groups", userInfo.Groups, "operation", req.Operation, "GVK", req.RequestKind, "subResource", req.SubResource, "namespacedName", namespacedName)
 		return admission.Denied(fmt.Sprintf(ResourceDeniedFormat, userInfo.Username, utils.GenerateGroupString(userInfo.Groups), req.Operation, req.RequestKind, req.SubResource, namespacedName))
 	}
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func ValidateUserForFleetCRD(req admission.Request, whiteListedUsers []string, g
 func ValidateUserForResource(req admission.Request, whiteListedUsers []string) admission.Response {
 	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Name: req.Name, Namespace: req.Namespace}
 	userInfo := req.UserInfo
-	if isMasterGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers, userInfo) || isUserAuthenticatedServiceAccount(userInfo) || isUserKubeScheduler(userInfo) || isUserKubeControllerManager(userInfo) || isNodeGroupUser(userInfo) {
+	if isAdminGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers, userInfo) || isUserAuthenticatedServiceAccount(userInfo) || isUserKubeScheduler(userInfo) || isUserKubeControllerManager(userInfo) || isNodeGroupUser(userInfo) {
 		klog.V(3).InfoS(allowedModifyResource, "user", userInfo.Username, "groups", userInfo.Groups, "operation", req.Operation, "GVK", req.RequestKind, "subResource", req.SubResource, "namespacedName", namespacedName)
 		return admission.Allowed(fmt.Sprintf(ResourceAllowedFormat, userInfo.Username, utils.GenerateGroupString(userInfo.Groups), req.Operation, req.RequestKind, req.SubResource, namespacedName))
 	}
@@ -130,9 +131,11 @@ func ValidatedUpstreamMemberClusterUpdate(currentMC, oldMC clusterv1beta1.Member
 	return admission.Allowed(fmt.Sprintf(ResourceAllowedFormat, userInfo.Username, utils.GenerateGroupString(userInfo.Groups), req.Operation, req.RequestKind, req.SubResource, namespacedName))
 }
 
-// isMasterGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser returns true is user belongs to white listed users or user belongs to system:masters group.
-func isMasterGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers []string, userInfo authenticationv1.UserInfo) bool {
-	return slices.Contains(whiteListedUsers, userInfo.Username) || slices.Contains(userInfo.Groups, mastersGroup)
+// isAdminGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser returns true is user belongs to white listed users or user belongs to system:masters/kubeadm:cluster-admins group.
+// In clusters using kubeadm, kubernetes-admin belongs to kubeadm:cluster-admins group and kubernetes-super-admin user belongs to system:masters group.
+// https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/implementation-details/#generate-kubeconfig-files-for-control-plane-components
+func isAdminGroupUserOrWhiteListedUser(whiteListedUsers []string, userInfo authenticationv1.UserInfo) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(whiteListedUsers, userInfo.Username) || slices.Contains(userInfo.Groups, mastersGroup) || slices.Contains(userInfo.Groups, kubeadmClusterAdminsGroup)
 }
 
 // isUserAuthenticatedServiceAccount returns true if user is a valid service account.
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation_test.go b/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation_test.go
index ac92f41a5..37d39aa83 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/validation/uservalidation_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ func TestValidateUserForResource(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantResponse: admission.Allowed(fmt.Sprintf(ResourceAllowedFormat, "test-user", utils.GenerateGroupString([]string{mastersGroup}), admissionv1.Create, &utils.RoleMetaGVK, "", types.NamespacedName{Name: "test-role", Namespace: "test-namespace"})),
 		},
+		"allow user in kubeadm:cluster-admin group": {
+			req: admission.Request{
+				AdmissionRequest: admissionv1.AdmissionRequest{
+					Name:        "test-role",
+					Namespace:   "test-namespace",
+					RequestKind: &utils.RoleMetaGVK,
+					UserInfo: authenticationv1.UserInfo{
+						Username: "test-user",
+						Groups:   []string{kubeadmClusterAdminsGroup},
+					},
+					Operation: admissionv1.Create,
+				},
+			},
+			wantResponse: admission.Allowed(fmt.Sprintf(ResourceAllowedFormat, "test-user", utils.GenerateGroupString([]string{kubeadmClusterAdminsGroup}), admissionv1.Create, &utils.RoleMetaGVK, "", types.NamespacedName{Name: "test-role", Namespace: "test-namespace"})),
+		},
 		// UT to test GenerateGroupString in pkg/utils/common.gp
 		"allow user in system:masters group along with 10 other groups": {
 			req: admission.Request{
diff --git a/test/e2e/setup.sh b/test/e2e/setup.sh
index 9c2637a35..6caccc1d3 100755
--- a/test/e2e/setup.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/setup.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 # Before updating the default kind image to use, verify that the version is supported
 # by the current kind release.
-KIND_IMAGE="${KIND_IMAGE:-kindest/node:v1.28.0}"
+KIND_IMAGE="${KIND_IMAGE:-kindest/node:v1.30.0}"
 KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG:-$HOME/.kube/config}"
 MEMBER_CLUSTER_COUNT=$1