diff --git a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/add.go b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/add.go
index c6c6ff65..97192e20 100644
--- a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/add.go
+++ b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/add.go
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func (o *AddNodeOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (*kkcorev1.
 
 // complete updates the configuration with container manager and kubernetes version settings
 func (o *AddNodeOptions) complete() error {
-	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kube_version"); !ok {
-		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kube_version"); err != nil {
+	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kubernetes", "kube_version"); !ok {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kubernetes", "kube_version"); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set %q to config", "kube_version")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/create.go b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/create.go
index b6b8f7a5..63d06af9 100644
--- a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/create.go
+++ b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/create.go
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ func (o *CreateClusterOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (*kkc
 }
 
 func (o *CreateClusterOptions) completeConfig() error {
-	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kube_version"); !ok {
-		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kube_version"); err != nil {
+	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kubernetes", "kube_version"); !ok {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kubernetes", "kube_version"); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set %q to config", "kube_version")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/delete.go b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/delete.go
index 5dff56a8..0bac9eaa 100644
--- a/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/kk/app/options/builtin/delete.go
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ func (o *DeleteClusterOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (*kkc
 // completeConfig updates the configuration with container manager settings
 func (o *DeleteClusterOptions) completeConfig() error {
 	// If kube_version is not set in config, set it to the specified Kubernetes version
-	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kube_version"); !ok {
-		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kube_version"); err != nil {
+	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kubernetes", "kube_version"); !ok {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kubernetes", "kube_version"); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set %q to config", "kube_version")
 		}
 	}
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ func (o *DeleteNodesOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (*kkcor
 // completeConfig updates the configuration with container manager settings
 func (o *DeleteNodesOptions) completeConfig(nodes []string) error {
 	// If kube_version is not set in config, set it to the specified Kubernetes version
-	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kube_version"); !ok {
-		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kube_version"); err != nil {
+	if _, ok, _ := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), "kubernetes", "kube_version"); !ok {
+		if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(o.CommonOptions.Config.Value(), o.Kubernetes, "kubernetes", "kube_version"); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set %q to config", "kube_version")
 		}
 	}