diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 1844037ad8b..8351958e9e1 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
 kind: DaemonSet
 metadata:
-  name: fluentd-gcp-v1.30
+  name: fluentd-gcp-v1.31
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: fluentd-gcp
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    version: v1.30
+    version: v1.31
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: fluentd-gcp
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-        version: v1.30
+        version: v1.31
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: fluentd-gcp
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.30
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.31
         # If fluentd consumes its own logs, the following situation may happen:
         # fluentd fails to send a chunk to the server => writes it to the log =>
         # tries to send this message to the server => fails to send a chunk and so on.
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
index 3465509479a..99f87e1f91c 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .PHONY:	build push
 
 PREFIX=gcr.io/google_containers
-TAG = 1.30
+TAG = 1.31
 
 build:
 	docker build -t $(PREFIX)/fluentd-gcp:$(TAG) .
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/fluent.conf b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/fluent.conf
index 3c6b01e89e8..c94ca1231a4 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/fluent.conf
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/fluent.conf
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
   read_from_head true
 </source>
 
+<filter reform.**>
+  type parser
+  format /^(?<severity>\w)(?<time>\d{4} [^\s]*)\s+(?<pid>\d+)\s+(?<source>[^ \]]+)\] (?<log>.*)/
+  reserve_data true
+  suppress_parse_error_log true
+  key_name log
+</filter>
+
 <match reform.**>
   type record_reformer
   enable_ruby true
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
index db0ff46cc81..a9d789fc4c2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
   dnsPolicy: Default
   containers:
   - name: fluentd-cloud-logging
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.30
+    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.31
     # If fluentd consumes its own logs, the following situation may happen:
     # fluentd fails to send a chunk to the server => writes it to the log =>
     # tries to send this message to the server => fails to send a chunk and so on.