diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
index 8b355c138fb..f5fcfc4e1a7 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ or it may be something else.
 Now run flanneld itself:
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.0
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.3
 ```
 
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diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
index a1129770820..04c96059b67 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ start_k8s(){
     docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run --net=host gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.0.12 etcdctl set /coreos.com/network/config '{ "Network": "10.1.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
 
     # iface may change to a private network interface, eth0 is for default
-    flannelCID=$(docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run --restart=always -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.0 /opt/bin/flanneld -iface="eth0")
+    flannelCID=$(docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run --restart=always -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.3 /opt/bin/flanneld -iface="eth0")
 
     sleep 8
 
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
index d662f104358..5ceb84f57c9 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ or it may be something else.
 Now run flanneld itself, this call is slightly different from the above, since we point it at the etcd instance on the master.
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.0 /opt/bin/flanneld --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.3 /opt/bin/flanneld --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001
 ```
 
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diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
index dbfebf226ce..1705c60b3a6 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ DOCKER_CONF=""
 # Start k8s components in containers
 start_k8s() {
     # Start flannel
-    flannelCID=$(sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --restart=always --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.0 /opt/bin/flanneld --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 -iface="eth0")
+    flannelCID=$(sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --restart=always --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.3 /opt/bin/flanneld --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 -iface="eth0")
 
     sleep 8