diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 26ec1f21403..27b4a7dffe9 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: k8s.gcr.io/coredns
 
   - name: "coredns-kubeadm"
-    version: 1.6.7
+    version: 1.7.0
     refPaths:
     - path: cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
       match: CoreDNSVersion =
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
index 8051feed06b..27ce9147cb1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ const (
 	KubeDNSVersion = "1.14.13"
 
 	// CoreDNSVersion is the version of CoreDNS to be deployed if it is used
-	CoreDNSVersion = "1.6.7"
+	CoreDNSVersion = "1.7.0"
 
 	// ClusterConfigurationKind is the string kind value for the ClusterConfiguration struct
 	ClusterConfigurationKind = "ClusterConfiguration"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
index 67cd9b2cf3f..129392e02cd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ func TestCreateCoreDNSConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
         ttl 30
     }
     prometheus :9153
-    forward . /etc/resolv.conf
+    forward . /etc/resolv.conf {
+        max_concurrent 1000
+    }
     cache 30
     loop
     reload
@@ -623,7 +625,9 @@ func TestCreateCoreDNSConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
         fallthrough in-addr.arpa ip6.arpa
     }
     prometheus :9153
-    forward . /etc/resolv.conf
+    forward . /etc/resolv.conf {
+        max_concurrent 1000
+    }
     k8s_external example.com
     cache 30
     loop
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
index f9288feb378..cfc13edd9a3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ data:
            ttl 30
         }
         prometheus :9153
-        forward . {{ .UpstreamNameserver }}
+        forward . {{ .UpstreamNameserver }} {
+           max_concurrent 1000
+        }
         cache 30
         loop
         reload