diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5eb9b67f..a6fa7928 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ['3.6']
+        python_version: ['2.7', '3.7']
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        # Our old integration tests fail under newer Python versions.
         python_version: ['3.6']
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ['3.6']
+        python_version: ['3.7']
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        # Our old integration tests fail under newer Python versions.
         python_version: ['3.6']
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/260_k8s-positional-args.yml b/changelogs/fragments/260_k8s-positional-args.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18e18d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/260_k8s-positional-args.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s - Fix sanity test 'compile' failing because of positional args (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubernetes/issues/260).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s.py b/plugins/modules/k8s.py
index aacf3b5c..18e33dfe 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class KubernetesModule(K8sAnsibleMixin):
         argument_spec['template'] = dict(type='raw', default=None)
         return argument_spec
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, k8s_kind=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, k8s_kind=None, *args, **kwargs):
         mutually_exclusive = [
             ('resource_definition', 'src'),
             ('merge_type', 'apply'),