diff --git a/.eksctl/config.yaml b/.eksctl/config.yaml
index 5321743..027cda3 100644
--- a/.eksctl/config.yaml
+++ b/.eksctl/config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterConfig
 metadata:
   name: appmesh
   region: us-west-2
-  version: "1.18"
+  version: "1.25"
 nodeGroups:
   - name: default
     instanceType: m5.large
diff --git a/apps/podinfo/kustomization.yaml b/apps/podinfo/kustomization.yaml
index 5f7e3ca..9507db1 100644
--- a/apps/podinfo/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/podinfo/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo
     newName: ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo
-    newTag: 5.0.0
+    newTag: 5.0.1