Update k8s versions and set minimum version to 1.27.0 (#3134)

* Update Kind Kuberntes versions
* Minimum k8s version to 1.27.0
* Pin ubuntu version in actions

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Signed-off-by: Sanket Sudake <sanketsudake@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/lint.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
       - go.sum
 
 env:
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.61.0
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.63.4
   GOLANGCI_LINT_TIMEOUT: 5m
 
 permissions:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
       pull-requests: read  # for golangci/golangci-lint-action to fetch pull requests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     # if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner