diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f19364..1cae924 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ driftcheck --json    # machine-readable
 driftcheck --fix     # auto-fix drifts in documentation files
 ```
 
-Checks (v0.1.14):
+Checks (v0.1.15):
+- Kubernetes: image tags in manifests (`k8s/**/*.yaml`, `deploy/**/*.yaml`) vs README mentions — handles variant tags
 - GitHub Actions version: detect outdated `uses: action@version` in `.github/workflows/*.yml/.yaml` — compares against known latest versions for 18 popular actions
 - GitLab CI: `.gitlab-ci.yml` image tags vs README mentions
 - CircleCI: `.circleci/config.yml` docker image tags vs README mentions
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03f51f2..403568d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "driftcheck"
-version = "0.1.14"
+version = "0.1.15"
 description = "Detect version drift between docs and toolchain files (README vs Dockerfile, build.gradle, rust-toolchain.toml, package.json, etc.)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/driftcheck/__init__.py b/src/driftcheck/__init__.py
index 45661de..4e569aa 100644
--- a/src/driftcheck/__init__.py
+++ b/src/driftcheck/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """driftcheck — detect version drift between docs and toolchain."""
-__version__ = "0.1.14"
+__version__ = "0.1.15"
diff --git a/src/driftcheck/cli.py b/src/driftcheck/cli.py
index 373ee13..a054c56 100644
--- a/src/driftcheck/cli.py
+++ b/src/driftcheck/cli.py
@@ -42,17 +42,18 @@ def main(argv=None) -> int:
     circleci_drifts = result.get("circleci_drifts", [])
     gitlab_drifts = result.get("gitlab_drifts", [])
     gh_actions_version_drifts = result.get("gh_actions_version_drifts", [])
+    k8s_drifts = result.get("k8s_drifts", [])
     tv = result.get("toolchain_version")
     cv = result.get("cargo_rust_version")
     nv = result.get("package_node")
     pv = result.get("pyproject_python")
     gv = result.get("gomod_version")
     
-    if not tv and not cv and not nv and not pv and not gv and not count_drifts and not actions_drifts and not lineending_drifts and not external_resource_drifts and not docker_drifts and not java_drifts and not maven_drifts and not terraform_drifts and not circleci_drifts and not gitlab_drifts and not gh_actions_version_drifts:
+    if not tv and not cv and not nv and not pv and not gv and not count_drifts and not actions_drifts and not lineending_drifts and not external_resource_drifts and not docker_drifts and not java_drifts and not maven_drifts and not terraform_drifts and not circleci_drifts and not gitlab_drifts and not gh_actions_version_drifts and not k8s_drifts:
         print("driftcheck: no toolchain version found")
         return 0
     
-    if not drifts and not rust_drifts and not node_drifts and not python_drifts and not go_drifts and not count_drifts and not actions_drifts and not lineending_drifts and not docker_drifts and not java_drifts and not maven_drifts and not terraform_drifts and not circleci_drifts and not gitlab_drifts and not gh_actions_version_drifts:
+    if not drifts and not rust_drifts and not node_drifts and not python_drifts and not go_drifts and not count_drifts and not actions_drifts and not lineending_drifts and not docker_drifts and not java_drifts and not maven_drifts and not terraform_drifts and not circleci_drifts and not gitlab_drifts and not gh_actions_version_drifts and not k8s_drifts:
         parts = []
         if tv: parts.append(f"Rust {tv}")
         if cv: parts.append(f"Rust(Cargo) {cv}")
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ def main(argv=None) -> int:
         print(f"driftcheck: {d['file']}: {d['doc_image']} → should be {d['circleci_image']} (CircleCI)")
     for d in gitlab_drifts:
         print(f"driftcheck: {d['file']}: {d['doc_image']} → should be {d['gitlab_image']} (GitLab CI)")
+    for d in k8s_drifts:
+        print(f"driftcheck: {d['file']}: {d['doc_image']} → should be {d['k8s_image']} (Kubernetes)")
     for d in gh_actions_version_drifts:
         print(f"driftcheck: {d['file']}: {d['action']}@{d['current']} → should be {d['suggested']}")
     return 1
diff --git a/src/driftcheck/detector.py b/src/driftcheck/detector.py
index 00f5cb6..572b272 100644
--- a/src/driftcheck/detector.py
+++ b/src/driftcheck/detector.py
@@ -707,6 +707,61 @@ def find_gh_actions_version_drift(root: Path) -> list[dict]:
     return drifts
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Kubernetes drift: image tags in manifests vs README
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+K8S_IMAGE_RE = re.compile(r'image:\s*(?P<image>[\w.\-/]+):(?P<tag>[\w.\-]+)')
+K8S_VER_RE = re.compile(r'(?:image|docker|container)?\s*(?P<image>[\w.\-/]+):(?P<tag>[\w.\-]+)|(?:version|tag)\s+(?P<tag2>[\d.]+[\w.\-]*)', re.I)
+
+def parse_k8s_images(text: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Return {image: tag} map of container images in K8s manifests."""
+    result = {}
+    for m in K8S_IMAGE_RE.finditer(text):
+        result[m.group("image")] = m.group("tag")
+    return result
+
+def find_k8s_drift(k8s_files: dict[str, str], docs: dict[str, str]) -> list[dict]:
+    """Detect drift between K8s image tags and README mentions."""
+    all_images: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for fname, content in k8s_files.items():
+        for image, tag in parse_k8s_images(content).items():
+            all_images[image] = tag
+
+    if not all_images:
+        return []
+
+    def tags_match(doc_tag: str, k8s_tag: str) -> bool:
+        """Return True when tags are equivalent (handles '24' vs '24-slim')."""
+        if doc_tag == k8s_tag:
+            return True
+        if k8s_tag.startswith(doc_tag + "-"):
+            return True
+        if doc_tag.startswith(k8s_tag + "-"):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    drifts = []
+    for fname, content in docs.items():
+        for m in K8S_VER_RE.finditer(content):
+            img = (m.group("image") or "").lower()
+            tag = m.group("tag") or m.group("tag2")
+            if not tag:
+                continue
+            for k8s_img, k8s_tag in all_images.items():
+                if img and img not in k8s_img and k8s_img not in img:
+                    continue
+                if not tags_match(tag, k8s_tag):
+                    drifts.append({
+                        "file": fname,
+                        "doc_image": f"{img or k8s_img}:{tag}",
+                        "k8s_image": f"{k8s_img}:{k8s_tag}",
+                        "pos": m.start(),
+                    })
+                    break
+            break  # one per file
+    return drifts
+
+
 def apply_fixes(root: Path, result: dict) -> list[str]:
     """Apply fixes for all detected drifts. Returns list of fixed file paths."""
     fixed = []
@@ -865,6 +920,13 @@ def scan_repo(root: Path = Path(".")) -> dict:
             if p.is_file():
                 gitlab_files[str(p.relative_to(root))] = p.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
     
+    # Kubernetes manifests
+    k8s_files = {}
+    for pattern in ["k8s/**/*.yaml", "k8s/**/*.yml", "kubernetes/**/*.yaml", "kubernetes/**/*.yml", "deploy/**/*.yaml", "deploy/**/*.yml"]:
+        for p in root.glob(pattern):
+            if p.is_file():
+                k8s_files[str(p.relative_to(root))] = p.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+    
     rust_drifts = find_rust_drift(toolchain_text, docs)
     rust_drifts_multi = find_rust_drift_multi(toolchain_text, cargo_text, docs)
     node_drifts = find_node_drift(package_text, docs)
@@ -880,6 +942,7 @@ def scan_repo(root: Path = Path(".")) -> dict:
     terraform_drifts = find_terraform_drift(terraform_files, docs)
     circleci_drifts = find_circleci_drift(circleci_files, docs)
     gitlab_drifts = find_gitlab_drift(gitlab_files, docs)
+    k8s_drifts = find_k8s_drift(k8s_files, docs)
     
     return {
         "toolchain_version": parse_toolchain_version(toolchain_text),
@@ -903,4 +966,5 @@ def scan_repo(root: Path = Path(".")) -> dict:
         "terraform_drifts": terraform_drifts,
         "circleci_drifts": circleci_drifts,
         "gitlab_drifts": gitlab_drifts,
+        "k8s_drifts": k8s_drifts,
     }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_detector.py b/tests/test_detector.py
index dd2ceb4..c5ef357 100644
--- a/tests/test_detector.py
+++ b/tests/test_detector.py
@@ -622,3 +622,43 @@ def test_gh_actions_version_drift_in_scan():
         assert "gh_actions_version_drifts" in result
         assert len(result["gh_actions_version_drifts"]) >= 1
 
+
+# ---- Kubernetes drift tests ----
+from driftcheck.detector import find_k8s_drift, parse_k8s_images
+
+def test_parse_k8s_images():
+    yaml = 'apiVersion: v1\nkind: Pod\nspec:\n  containers:\n    - image: nginx:1.25'
+    result = parse_k8s_images(yaml)
+    assert result == {"nginx": "1.25"}
+
+def test_parse_k8s_no_images():
+    yaml = 'apiVersion: v1\nkind: ConfigMap'
+    assert parse_k8s_images(yaml) == {}
+
+def test_k8s_no_drift():
+    yaml = 'containers:\n  - image: nginx:1.25'
+    docs = {"README.md": "Uses nginx:1.25"}
+    assert find_k8s_drift({"k8s/deployment.yaml": yaml}, docs) == []
+
+def test_k8s_detects_drift():
+    yaml = 'containers:\n  - image: nginx:1.25'
+    docs = {"README.md": "Uses nginx:1.21"}
+    drifts = find_k8s_drift({"k8s/deployment.yaml": yaml}, docs)
+    assert len(drifts) == 1
+    assert drifts[0]["doc_image"] == "nginx:1.21"
+    assert drifts[0]["k8s_image"] == "nginx:1.25"
+
+def test_k8s_no_files_returns_empty():
+    assert find_k8s_drift({}, {"README.md": "nginx:1.25"}) == []
+
+def test_k8s_drift_included_in_scan():
+    import tempfile
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+        root = Path(td)
+        (root / "k8s").mkdir()
+        (root / "k8s" / "deployment.yaml").write_text('image: nginx:1.25')
+        (root / "README.md").write_text("Uses nginx:1.21")
+        result = scan_repo(root)
+        assert "k8s_drifts" in result
+        assert len(result["k8s_drifts"]) == 1
+