var (
	version1_17 = &version.Info{
		Major:      "1",
		Minor:      "17",
		GitVersion: "1.17",
	}
	version1_8 = &version.Info{
		Major:      "1",
		Minor:      "8",
		GitVersion: "v1.8",
	}
	version1_18 = &version.Info{
		Major:      "1",
		Minor:      "18",
		GitVersion: "v1.18.5",
	}
	version1_19 = &version.Info{
		Major:      "1",
		Minor:      "19",
		GitVersion: "v1.19.4",
	}

	}
	minor, err := strconv.Atoi(minors)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("minor version is not a number: %v", minors)
	}

	var messages diag.Messages = make([]diag.Message, 0)
	if minor <= 21 {
		// ENHANCED_RESOURCE_SCOPING
		if err := checkPilot(cli, ctx.IstioNamespace(), &messages); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}
	if minor <= 20 {

	v, err := extractKubernetesVersion(versionInfo)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	return MinK8SVersion <= v, nil
}

// extractKubernetesVersion returns the Kubernetes minor version. For example, `v1.19.1` will return `19`
func extractKubernetesVersion(versionInfo *version.Info) (int, error) {
	ver, err := goversion.NewVersion(versionInfo.String())
	if err != nil {