diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index f22dc9738562..4c27c11dcfb0 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ func AddDockerIO(name string) string {
 	return addRegistryPreix(name, "docker.io")
 }
 func addRegistryPreix(name string, prefix string) string {
-	// we seperate the image name following this logic
+	// we separate the image name following this logic
 	// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/distribution/reference#ParseNormalizedNamed
 	var reg, usr, img string
 	p := strings.SplitN(name, "/", 2)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
index 76f806d5e0e8..17fd054bbadd 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 var docURL = "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/"
 
 // minReqPodmanVer is required the minimum version of podman to be installed for podman driver.
-var minReqPodmanVer = semver.Version{Major: 2, Minor: 1, Patch: 0}
+var minReqPodmanVer = semver.Version{Major: 4, Minor: 9, Patch: 0}
 
 func init() {
 	priority := registry.Default