diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index f597c9e39ac..22678d53f80 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ plugin/pkg/admission/podtolerationrestriction/apis/podtolerationrestriction/v1al
 plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota
 plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota
 plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1
+plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1
 plugin/pkg/admission/security
 plugin/pkg/admission/security/podsecuritypolicy
 plugin/pkg/admission/serviceaccount
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/BUILD
index 464931016a6..714cbdd8b02 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/BUILD
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install:go_default_library",
-        "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/validation:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/BUILD
index 03fea6b1897..9440df52e70 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/BUILD
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ filegroup(
         ":package-srcs",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install:all-srcs",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1:all-srcs",
+        "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1:all-srcs",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/validation:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/BUILD
index 2bc40fc3ef8..1a45a3b9cba 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/install.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/install.go
index 87c9d6f9a7c..e152eedf750 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/install.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install/install.go
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import (
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	resourcequotaapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota"
 	resourcequotav1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1"
+	resourcequotav1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1"
 )
 
 // Install registers the API group and adds types to a scheme
 func Install(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	utilruntime.Must(resourcequotaapi.AddToScheme(scheme))
+	utilruntime.Must(resourcequotav1beta1.AddToScheme(scheme))
 	utilruntime.Must(resourcequotav1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(scheme.SetVersionPriority(resourcequotav1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion))
+	utilruntime.Must(scheme.SetVersionPriority(resourcequotav1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion, resourcequotav1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion))
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/config.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/config.go
index 8bb5db13c80..626b354b5b9 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/config.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/config.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	resourcequotaapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/install"
-	resourcequotav1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1"
+	resourcequotav1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1beta1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func init() {
 func LoadConfiguration(config io.Reader) (*resourcequotaapi.Configuration, error) {
 	// if no config is provided, return a default configuration
 	if config == nil {
-		externalConfig := &resourcequotav1alpha1.Configuration{}
+		externalConfig := &resourcequotav1beta1.Configuration{}
 		scheme.Default(externalConfig)
 		internalConfig := &resourcequotaapi.Configuration{}
 		if err := scheme.Convert(externalConfig, internalConfig, nil); err != nil {