Install specific K8s version

roles/kubernetes/any/tasks/main.yml

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
       - curl
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: "{{ packages }}"
-    state: present
+    state: latest
     update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
 
 - name: Setup Kubernetes repository
   become: true
@@ -25,19 +26,29 @@
         repo: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
         state: present
 
+    - name: Update apt cache
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        update_cache: yes
+
+- name: Get Kubernetes package version
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "apt-cache show kubeadm | grep -F 'Version: {{ k8s_version }}.' | cut -d' ' -f2 | sort -n | tail -n 1"
+  register: k8s_pkg_ver
+
 - name: Setup Kubernetes packages
   become: true
   vars:
     packages:
-      - kubelet
-      - kubeadm
-      - kubectl
+      - kubelet={{ k8s_pkg_ver.stdout }}
+      - kubeadm={{ k8s_pkg_ver.stdout }}
+      - kubectl={{ k8s_pkg_ver.stdout }}
   block:
     - name: Install kubelet, kubeadm and kubectl
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         name: "{{ packages }}"
         state: present
         update_cache: yes
+        allow_downgrade: no
+        cache_valid_time: 3600
 
     - name: Hold Kubernetes packages
       loop: "{{ packages }}"

roles/kubernetes/control_plane/tasks/main.yml

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         name: "{{ packages }}"
         state: present
         update_cache: yes
+        cache_valid_time: 3600
 
     - name: Install Kubernetes module dependencies
       ansible.builtin.pip: