diff --git a/hack/cli-testing-environment.sh b/hack/cli-testing-environment.sh
index b2d08155717f..01d3c7bcbb83 100755
--- a/hack/cli-testing-environment.sh
+++ b/hack/cli-testing-environment.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ KUBECONFIG_PATH=${KUBECONFIG_PATH:-"${HOME}/.kube"}
 HOST_CLUSTER_NAME=${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME:-"karmada-host"}
 MEMBER_CLUSTER_1_NAME=${MEMBER_CLUSTER_1_NAME:-"member1"}
 MEMBER_CLUSTER_2_NAME=${MEMBER_CLUSTER_2_NAME:-"member2"}
-CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"kindest/node:v1.27.3"}
+CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"${DEFAULT_CLUSTER_VERSION}"}
 BUILD_PATH=${BUILD_PATH:-"_output/bin/linux/amd64"}
 
 # prepare the newest crds
diff --git a/hack/create-cluster.sh b/hack/create-cluster.sh
index a2041a5d7e7a..a52c7367bd3d 100755
--- a/hack/create-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/create-cluster.sh
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+source "${REPO_ROOT}"/hack/util.sh
+
 function usage() {
   echo "This script starts a kube cluster by kind."
   echo "Usage: hack/create-cluster.sh <CLUSTER_NAME> [KUBECONFIG]"
   echo "Example: hack/create-cluster.sh host /root/.kube/karmada.config"
 }
 
-CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"kindest/node:v1.27.3"}
+CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"${DEFAULT_CLUSTER_VERSION}"}
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
   usage
diff --git a/hack/local-up-karmada.sh b/hack/local-up-karmada.sh
index 2f4ea3ccadbe..6ce7e8a60c2d 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-karmada.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-karmada.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ MEMBER_CLUSTER_2_TMP_CONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}/${MEMBER_TMP_CONFIG_PREFIX}-${ME
 PULL_MODE_CLUSTER_TMP_CONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}/${MEMBER_TMP_CONFIG_PREFIX}-${PULL_MODE_CLUSTER_NAME}.config"
 HOST_IPADDRESS=${1:-}
 
-CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"kindest/node:v1.27.3"}
+CLUSTER_VERSION=${CLUSTER_VERSION:-"${DEFAULT_CLUSTER_VERSION}"}
 KIND_LOG_FILE=${KIND_LOG_FILE:-"/tmp/karmada"}
 
 #step0: prepare
diff --git a/hack/util.sh b/hack/util.sh
index 2ef0d21a495b..7ebaa6d64c44 100755
--- a/hack/util.sh
+++ b/hack/util.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ KARMADA_GO_PACKAGE="github.com/karmada-io/karmada"
 
 MIN_Go_VERSION=go1.20.0
 
+DEFAULT_CLUSTER_VERSION="kindest/node:v1.27.3"
+
 KARMADA_TARGET_SOURCE=(
   karmada-aggregated-apiserver=cmd/aggregated-apiserver
   karmada-controller-manager=cmd/controller-manager