diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
index 87aa038cd95..9a602c8b120 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package kubeadm
 const (
 	DefaultServiceDNSDomain  = "cluster.local"
 	DefaultServicesSubnet    = "10.12.0.0/12"
-	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.4.1"
+	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.4.4"
 	DefaultAPIBindPort       = 6443
 	DefaultDiscoveryBindPort = 9898
 )