diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 607a0f0..1f25612 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ To prevent potential issues, the `k3d` version is fixed according to the mapping
 | v1.5.0     |  [v4.4.7](/~https://github.com/rancher/k3d/releases/tag/v4.4.7) | [rancher/k3s:v1.21.2-k3s1](/~https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/tag/v1.21.2%2Bk3s1) or [set image explicitly](https://hub.docker.com/r/rancher/k3s/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated)|
 | v2.0.0     |  [v5.1.0](/~https://github.com/rancher/k3d/releases/tag/v5.1.0) | [rancher/k3s:v1.22.3+k3s1](/~https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/tag/v1.22.3%2Bk3s1) or [set image explicitly](https://hub.docker.com/r/rancher/k3s/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated)|
 | v2.1.0     |  [v5.2.2](/~https://github.com/rancher/k3d/releases/tag/v5.2.2) | [rancher/k3s:v1.21.7-k3s1](/~https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/tag/v1.21.7%2Bk3s1) or [set image explicitly](https://hub.docker.com/r/rancher/k3s/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated)|
+| v2.2.0     |  [v5.3.0](/~https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/releases/tag/v5.3.0) | [rancher/k3s:v1.22.6-k3s1](/~https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/tag/v1.22.6%2Bk3s1) or [set image explicitly](https://hub.docker.com/r/rancher/k3s/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated)|
 
 Starting from `k3d-action` `v2.1.0` users can explicitly set k3d version via `k3d-version` input e.g. `k3d-version: v5.2.2` otherwise k3d uses default version according to the mapping above.
 Starting from `k3d-action` `v1.4.0` users can also explicitly set [`k3s` image version](https://hub.docker.com/r/rancher/k3s/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated) via [configuration](#config-file-support) or
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 574f052..bb27e11 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CYAN=
 RED=
 NC=
 K3D_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh
-DEFAULT_K3D_VERSION=v5.2.2
+DEFAULT_K3D_VERSION=v5.3.0
 
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