diff --git a/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yaml
index 7cf0541a..eaba055b 100644
--- a/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   register: res
   become: true
   changed_when: false
-  failed_when: 'res.rc != 0 or "status: ready" not in res.stdout'
+  failed_when: 'res.rc != 0 or not res.stdout is ansible.builtin.regex(multiline=true, match_type="search", pattern="cluster status:\ *ready")'
 
 - name: Get k8s config
   ansible.builtin.command:
diff --git a/zuul.d/zuul.yaml b/zuul.d/zuul.yaml
index 85f11924..2e85e323 100644
--- a/zuul.d/zuul.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/zuul.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       juju_channel: 3.6/stable
       juju_classic_mode: false
       env_type: k8s
-      k8s_channel: 1.30-classic/candidate
+      k8s_channel: 1.32-classic/stable
       k8s_classic_mode: true
       charmcraft_channel: 3.x/stable
       publish_charm: true