diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run/run.go
index b6ee373edfc..fdd47b287a8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run/run.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (o *RunOptions) Run(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) e
 	if len(generatorName) == 0 {
 		switch restartPolicy {
 		case corev1.RestartPolicyAlways:
-			generatorName = generateversioned.DeploymentAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName
+			generatorName = generateversioned.DeploymentAppsV1GeneratorName
 		case corev1.RestartPolicyOnFailure:
 			generatorName = generateversioned.JobV1GeneratorName
 		case corev1.RestartPolicyNever:
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/generator.go b/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/generator.go
index 64539a50a64..01d0e21d5a7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/generator.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const (
 	HorizontalPodAutoscalerV1GeneratorName  = "horizontalpodautoscaler/v1"
 	DeploymentV1Beta1GeneratorName          = "deployment/v1beta1"
 	DeploymentAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName      = "deployment/apps.v1beta1"
+	DeploymentAppsV1GeneratorName           = "deployment/apps.v1"
 	DeploymentBasicV1Beta1GeneratorName     = "deployment-basic/v1beta1"
 	DeploymentBasicAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName = "deployment-basic/apps.v1beta1"
 	DeploymentBasicAppsV1GeneratorName      = "deployment-basic/apps.v1"
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ func DefaultGenerators(cmdName string) map[string]generate.Generator {
 			RunPodV1GeneratorName:              BasicPod{},
 			DeploymentV1Beta1GeneratorName:     DeploymentV1Beta1{},
 			DeploymentAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName: DeploymentAppsV1Beta1{},
+			DeploymentAppsV1GeneratorName:      DeploymentAppsV1{},
 			JobV1GeneratorName:                 JobV1{},
 			CronJobV2Alpha1GeneratorName:       CronJobV2Alpha1{},
 			CronJobV1Beta1GeneratorName:        CronJobV1Beta1{},
@@ -146,6 +148,14 @@ func FallbackGeneratorNameIfNecessary(
 	cmdErr io.Writer,
 ) (string, error) {
 	switch generatorName {
+	case DeploymentAppsV1GeneratorName:
+		hasResource, err := HasResource(discoveryClient, appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("deployments"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		if !hasResource {
+			return FallbackGeneratorNameIfNecessary(DeploymentAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName, discoveryClient, cmdErr)
+		}
 	case DeploymentAppsV1Beta1GeneratorName:
 		hasResource, err := HasResource(discoveryClient, appsv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("deployments"))
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/run.go
index 4a3c00258a5..4557aef7779 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/generate/versioned/run.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	appsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
@@ -210,6 +211,94 @@ func (DeploymentAppsV1Beta1) Generate(genericParams map[string]interface{}) (run
 	return &deployment, nil
 }
 
+type DeploymentAppsV1 struct{}
+
+func (DeploymentAppsV1) ParamNames() []generate.GeneratorParam {
+	return []generate.GeneratorParam{
+		{Name: "labels", Required: false},
+		{Name: "default-name", Required: false},
+		{Name: "name", Required: true},
+		{Name: "replicas", Required: true},
+		{Name: "image", Required: true},
+		{Name: "image-pull-policy", Required: false},
+		{Name: "port", Required: false},
+		{Name: "hostport", Required: false},
+		{Name: "stdin", Required: false},
+		{Name: "tty", Required: false},
+		{Name: "command", Required: false},
+		{Name: "args", Required: false},
+		{Name: "env", Required: false},
+		{Name: "requests", Required: false},
+		{Name: "limits", Required: false},
+		{Name: "serviceaccount", Required: false},
+	}
+}
+
+func (DeploymentAppsV1) Generate(genericParams map[string]interface{}) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	args, err := getArgs(genericParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	envs, err := getEnvs(genericParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	params, err := getParams(genericParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	name, err := getName(params)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	labels, err := getLabels(params, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	count, err := strconv.Atoi(params["replicas"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	podSpec, err := makePodSpec(params, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	imagePullPolicy := v1.PullPolicy(params["image-pull-policy"])
+	if err = updatePodContainers(params, args, envs, imagePullPolicy, podSpec); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := updatePodPorts(params, podSpec); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	count32 := int32(count)
+	deployment := appsv1.Deployment{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:   name,
+			Labels: labels,
+		},
+		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
+			Replicas: &count32,
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
+			Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: labels,
+				},
+				Spec: *podSpec,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	return &deployment, nil
+}
+
 // getLabels returns map of labels.
 func getLabels(params map[string]string, name string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	labelString, found := params["labels"]
diff --git a/test/cmd/run.sh b/test/cmd/run.sh
index bc583b4f4aa..45e7eb56945 100755
--- a/test/cmd/run.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/run.sh
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ run_kubectl_run_tests() {
   # Post-Condition: Deployment "nginx" is created
   kube::test::get_object_assert deployment.extensions "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'nginx-extensions:'
   # new generator was used
-  output_message=$(kubectl get deployment.extensions/nginx-extensions -o jsonpath='{.spec.revisionHistoryLimit}')
-  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '2'
+  output_message=$(kubectl get deployment.apps/nginx-extensions -o jsonpath='{.spec.revisionHistoryLimit}')
+  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '10'
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete deployment nginx-extensions "${kube_flags[@]}"
   # Command
-  kubectl run nginx-apps "--image=$IMAGE_NGINX" --generator=deployment/apps.v1beta1 "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl run nginx-apps "--image=$IMAGE_NGINX" --generator=deployment/apps.v1 "${kube_flags[@]}"
   # Post-Condition: Deployment "nginx" is created
   kube::test::get_object_assert deployment.apps "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'nginx-apps:'
   # and new generator was used, iow. new defaults are applied
   output_message=$(kubectl get deployment/nginx-apps -o jsonpath='{.spec.revisionHistoryLimit}')
-  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '2'
+  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '10'
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete deployment nginx-apps "${kube_flags[@]}"