diff --git a/test/e2e/SKIPPED_TESTS.yaml b/test/e2e/SKIPPED_TESTS.yaml
index 6ebc787602ec..58242a1349f5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/SKIPPED_TESTS.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/SKIPPED_TESTS.yaml
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ skipped_tests:
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes125MultiEndpointSimpleFlow
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes126MultiEndpointSimpleFlow
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes127MultiEndpointSimpleFlow
+- TestCloudStackKubernetes128MultiEndpointSimpleFlow
 
 # These tests will fail until there is a new latest minor release version as 16.2 has a preflight check to prevent k8s version > 1.24
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes125WithOIDCManagementClusterUpgradeFromLatestSideEffects
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes126WithOIDCManagementClusterUpgradeFromLatestSideEffects
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes127WithOIDCManagementClusterUpgradeFromLatestSideEffects
+- TestCloudStackKubernetes128WithOIDCManagementClusterUpgradeFromLatestSideEffects
 
 # Proxy tests
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes123RedhatProxyConfigAPI
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ skipped_tests:
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes125RedhatProxyConfigAPI
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes126RedhatProxyConfigAPI
 - TestCloudStackKubernetes127RedhatProxyConfigAPI
+- TestCloudStackKubernetes128RedhatProxyConfigAPI
 
 # Nutanix
 
@@ -70,12 +73,13 @@ skipped_tests:
 - TestTinkerbellUpgrade125MulticlusterWorkloadClusterWorkerScaleupWithAPI
 - TestTinkerbellUpgrade126MulticlusterWorkloadClusterWorkerScaleupWithFluxAPI
 - TestTinkerbellUpgrade127MulticlusterWorkloadClusterWorkerScaleupGitFluxWithAPI
+- TestTinkerbellUpgrade128MulticlusterWorkloadClusterWorkerScaleupGitFluxWithAPI
 # Skipping ETCD tests
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes126UbuntuExternalEtcdSimpleFlow
 # Skipping skip power action tests - Not going to work because e2e test powers on CP and worker node at the same time and worker node times out early waiting for ipxe
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127SkipPowerActions
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127BottlerocketWorkloadClusterSkipPowerActions
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127WithNodesPoweredOn
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes128SkipPowerActions
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes128BottlerocketWorkloadClusterSkipPowerActions
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes128WithNodesPoweredOn
 # Skipping a few redundant tests
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes123RedHatSimpleFlow
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes124RedHatSimpleFlow
@@ -99,14 +103,14 @@ skipped_tests:
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes126UbuntuThreeWorkersSimpleFlow
 - TestTinkerbellAirgappedKubernetes126BottleRocketRegistryMirror
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes124UbuntuTo125Upgrade
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127SkipPowerActions
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127SingleNodeSkipPowerActions
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes128SkipPowerActions
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes128SingleNodeSkipPowerActions
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes125UbuntuWorkerNodeScaleUpWithAPI
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes125UbuntuAddWorkerNodeGroupWithAPI
 - TestTinkerbellSingleNode125ManagementScaleupWorkloadWithAPI
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes125BottleRocketSimpleFlow
 # Tinkerbell Packages
-# Skip test cases for packages other than hello-eks-anywhere and not for K 1.27.
+# Skip test cases for packages other than hello-eks-anywhere and not for K 1.28.
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes126UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes126BottleRocketSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes126UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesHarborFlow
@@ -131,13 +135,22 @@ skipped_tests:
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes124BottleRocketCuratedPackagesAdotSimpleFlow
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes124UbuntuCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
 - TestTinkerbellKubernetes124BottleRocketCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123BottleRocketSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesHarborFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123BottleRocketSingleNodeCuratedPackagesHarborFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123UbuntuCuratedPackagesAdotSimpleFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123BottleRocketCuratedPackagesAdotSimpleFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123UbuntuCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
-- TestTinkerbellKubernetes123BottleRocketCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127BottleRocketSingleNodeCuratedPackagesEmissaryFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127UbuntuSingleNodeCuratedPackagesHarborFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127BottleRocketSingleNodeCuratedPackagesHarborFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127UbuntuCuratedPackagesAdotSimpleFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127BottleRocketCuratedPackagesAdotSimpleFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127UbuntuCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
+- TestTinkerbellKubernetes127BottleRocketCuratedPackagesPrometheusSimpleFlow
 # Conformance
 - TestSnowKubernetes123ThreeWorkersConformanceFlow
+
+# 127to128FromLatestMinorRelease will fail until there is a new patch release using a newer packages controller
+# Remove these once v0.17.4 is out
+- TestDockerKubernetes127to128UpgradeFromLatestMinorRelease
+- TestDockerKubernetes127to128GithubFluxEnabledUpgradeFromLatestMinorRelease
+- TestDockerKubernetes127to128UpgradeFromLatestMinorReleaseAPI
+- TestVSphereKubernetes127To128UbuntuUpgradeFromLatestMinorRelease
+- TestVSphereKubernetes127To128RedhatUpgradeFromLatestMinorRelease
+- TestVSphereKubernetes127to128UpgradeFromLatestMinorReleaseBottleRocketAPI
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go b/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
index b9e30168bb46..fc40000e17ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ func TestVSphereKubernetes128Ubuntu2004To2204Upgrade(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVSphereKubernetes127UbuntuTo128UpgradeCiliumPolicyEnforcementMode(t *testing.T) {
-	provider := framework.NewVSphere(t, framework.WithUbuntu126())
+	provider := framework.NewVSphere(t, framework.WithUbuntu127())
 	test := framework.NewClusterE2ETest(
 		t,
 		provider,
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ func TestVSphereKubernetes127UbuntuTo128UpgradeCiliumPolicyEnforcementMode(t *te
 }
 
 func TestVSphereKubernetes127UbuntuTo128MultipleFieldsUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
-	provider := framework.NewVSphere(t, framework.WithUbuntu126())
+	provider := framework.NewVSphere(t, framework.WithUbuntu127())
 	test := framework.NewClusterE2ETest(
 		t,
 		provider,
diff --git a/test/framework/nutanix.go b/test/framework/nutanix.go
index b620e20a8afc..58bd9977aea6 100644
--- a/test/framework/nutanix.go
+++ b/test/framework/nutanix.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ var requiredNutanixEnvVars = []string{
 	nutanixTemplateNameUbuntu125Var,
 	nutanixTemplateNameUbuntu126Var,
 	nutanixTemplateNameUbuntu127Var,
+	nutanixTemplateNameUbuntu128Var,
 	nutanixInsecure,
 }
 
diff --git a/test/framework/tinkerbell.go b/test/framework/tinkerbell.go
index 68d095ea4e0a..b69888c1b401 100644
--- a/test/framework/tinkerbell.go
+++ b/test/framework/tinkerbell.go
@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ const (
 	tinkerbellProviderName                       = "tinkerbell"
 	tinkerbellBootstrapIPEnvVar                  = "T_TINKERBELL_BOOTSTRAP_IP"
 	tinkerbellControlPlaneNetworkCidrEnvVar      = "T_TINKERBELL_CP_NETWORK_CIDR"
-	tinkerbellImageUbuntu123EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_23"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu124EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_24"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu125EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_25"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu126EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_26"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu127EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_27"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu128EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_1_28"
-	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes123EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_23"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes124EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_24"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes125EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_25"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes126EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_26"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes127EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_27"
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes128EnvVar = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_UBUNTU_2204_1_28"
-	tinkerbellImageRedHat123EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_REDHAT_1_23"
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat124EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_REDHAT_1_24"
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat125EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_REDHAT_1_25"
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat126EnvVar               = "T_TINKERBELL_IMAGE_REDHAT_1_26"
@@ -41,17 +38,14 @@ const (
 
 var requiredTinkerbellEnvVars = []string{
 	tinkerbellControlPlaneNetworkCidrEnvVar,
-	tinkerbellImageUbuntu123EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu124EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu125EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu126EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu127EnvVar,
-	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes123EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes124EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes125EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes126EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageUbuntu2204Kubernetes127EnvVar,
-	tinkerbellImageRedHat123EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat124EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat125EnvVar,
 	tinkerbellImageRedHat126EnvVar,
@@ -180,11 +174,6 @@ func withKubeVersionAndOS(kubeVersion anywherev1.KubernetesVersion, os OS, relea
 	}
 }
 
-// WithUbuntu123Tinkerbell tink test with ubuntu 1.23.
-func WithUbuntu123Tinkerbell() TinkerbellOpt {
-	return withKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube123, Ubuntu2004, nil)
-}
-
 // WithUbuntu124Tinkerbell tink test with ubuntu 1.24.
 func WithUbuntu124Tinkerbell() TinkerbellOpt {
 	return withKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube124, Ubuntu2004, nil)
@@ -210,11 +199,6 @@ func WithUbuntu128Tinkerbell() TinkerbellOpt {
 	return withKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube128, Ubuntu2004, nil)
 }
 
-// WithRedHat123Tinkerbell tink test with redhat 1.23.
-func WithRedHat123Tinkerbell() TinkerbellOpt {
-	return withKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube123, RedHat8, nil)
-}
-
 // WithRedHat124Tinkerbell tink test with redhat 1.24.
 func WithRedHat124Tinkerbell() TinkerbellOpt {
 	return withKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube124, RedHat8, nil)
@@ -288,11 +272,6 @@ func imageForKubeVersionAndOS(kubeVersion anywherev1.KubernetesVersion, operatin
 	return api.WithTinkerbellOSImageURL(os.Getenv(envVarForImage(operatingSystem, kubeVersion)))
 }
 
-// Ubuntu123Image represents an Ubuntu raw image corresponding to Kubernetes 1.23.
-func Ubuntu123Image() api.TinkerbellFiller {
-	return imageForKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube123, Ubuntu2004)
-}
-
 // Ubuntu124Image represents an Ubuntu raw image corresponding to Kubernetes 1.24.
 func Ubuntu124Image() api.TinkerbellFiller {
 	return imageForKubeVersionAndOS(anywherev1.Kube124, Ubuntu2004)