1. Go to homebrew git repo: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/
2. Identify the commit specific to kubernetes 1.11.x version
3. Go to

   Formula

   folder
4. Open raw version of

   kubernetes-cli.rb

   file
5. Copy the raw link of the file

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/3e8f5503dde7069c5ff49b82d5e1576e6ebe3a5d/Formula/kubernetes-cli.rb

6. Run

   brew install <raw_link>

I dont have enough rep to make a comment on the answer that helped me. So writing here to be more specific about point 2 from @urpalreloaded

1. brew search --pull-request kubernetes-cli@1.11.0

2. It will say that it did not find the cask but should give you a link to a closed pull request that matches the version you searched for. Follow the link to the pull request and the follow steps 3-5.

3. brew unlink kubernetes-cli

4. brew install <raw-link>

FWIW, I think brew doesnt keep versions because it will make the repo too big? This workaround is inconvenient and perhaps they could find a way around this issue on their end?

The above answers were really useful but when I tried to install Carthage 0.30.1 on my Sierra 10.12.6 machine I got a SHA256 mismatch error:

$ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ilovezfs/homebrew-core/8c93668a451087611b2247cafe02ad6f867daed6/Formula/carthage.rb --force-bottle
######################################################################## 100.0%
Warning: carthage 0.32.0 is available and more recent than version 0.30.1.
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/carthage-0.30.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
Error: SHA256 mismatch

and then it failed to build from source due to latest Sierra Xcode not supporting the new Xcode build system.

What worked for me was to directly install from the bottle (the url is shown in first

brew install <raw url>

brew install https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/carthage-0.30.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz

For

kubernetes-cli

x

1.11.x

brew install kubernetes-cli@1.11

And it will complete with the latest

x

I have the same problem as dsjapan and what worked for me was changing to high sierra:

brew unlink carthage
brew install https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/carthage-0.30.1.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz

As of Apr 2022:

The easiest way I found was to create a new tap.

I figured out how to both upgrade and downgrade any formula that's been disabled due to deprecation.
(basically I followed this guide and set an additional brew environment variable)

In my case I did the following to upgrade from 1.22.16 to 1.22.17 (latest before deprecation):

1. Run:

brew edit kubernetes-cli@1.22

2. Comment this line that begins with

   disable! date

   :

# disable! date: "2022-10-28", because: :deprecated_upstream

3. Run:

HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew upgrade kubernetes-cli@1.22

To roll back or generally install any other version, continue with these steps instead:

2. Replace all lines with all the lines from the version that you want, which can easily be found via the commit history (once in commit click

   ...

   ->

   View file

   ) or:

brew log kubernetes-cli@1.22

3. Run:

HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew reinstall kubernetes-cli@1.22

Here's how I installed older version of kubectl (1.27.4):

brew unlink kubernetes-cli
brew tap-new $USER/local-kubernetes-cli
brew extract --version=1.27.4 kubernetes-cli $USER/local-kubernetes-cli
brew install kubernetes-cli@1.27.4

The installation took several minutes and during it I've encountered an error about

md5sha1sum

brew unlink md5sha1sum

Thanks to yuser bertonc96 for the link to the guide.