diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 7314c344cb1..99495ddac40 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ function start_kubedns {
 
 function start_nodelocaldns {
   cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  ${SED} -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  ${SED} -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  ${SED} -i -e "s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
   # use kubectl to create nodelocaldns addon
   ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" --namespace=kube-system create -f nodelocaldns.yaml
   echo "NodeLocalDNS addon successfully deployed."