diff --git a/build/kube-dns/Makefile b/build/kube-dns/Makefile
index 204d03e83f9..247a39e6f2d 100644
--- a/build/kube-dns/Makefile
+++ b/build/kube-dns/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # If you update this image please bump the tag value before pushing.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   [ARCH=amd64] [TAG=1.0] [REGISTRY=gcr.io/google_containers] [BASEIMAGE=busybox] make container
+#   [ARCH=amd64] [TAG=1.3] [REGISTRY=gcr.io/google_containers] [BASEIMAGE=busybox] make (container|push)
 
 # Default registry, arch and tag. This can be overwritten by arguments to make
 PLATFORM?=linux
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ TAG?=1.3
 REGISTRY?=gcr.io/google_containers
 
 GOLANG_VERSION=1.6
-GOARM=6
 KUBE_ROOT=$(shell pwd)/../..
 TEMP_DIR:=$(shell mktemp -d)
 
diff --git a/build/kube-dns/RELEASES.md b/build/kube-dns/RELEASES.md
index 60bcd76c2f7..b92bc7949e6 100644
--- a/build/kube-dns/RELEASES.md
+++ b/build/kube-dns/RELEASES.md
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ are ready, not on every PR.
 
 1. Build the container for testing: 
 
-`make release`
-`cd build/kube-dns`
-`make container PREFIX=<your-docker-hub> TAG=rc`
+```
+make release
+cd build/kube-dns
+make container PREFIX=<your-docker-hub> TAG=rc
+```
 
 2. Manually deploy this to your own cluster by updating the replication
    controller and deleting the running pod(s).
@@ -18,13 +20,12 @@ are ready, not on every PR.
 4. Update the TAG version in `Makefile` and update the `Changelog`. Update the
    `*.yaml.in` to point to the new tag. Send a PR but mark it as "DO NOT MERGE".
 
-5. Once the PR is approved, build and push the container for real for all architectures:
+5. Once the PR is approved, build and push the container for real **for all architectures**:
 
 	```console
 	# Build for linux/amd64 (default)
 	$ make push ARCH=amd64
 	# ---> gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dns-amd64:TAG
-	# ---> gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dns:TAG (image with backwards-compatible naming)
 
 	$ make push ARCH=arm
 	# ---> gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dns-arm:TAG
diff --git a/cluster/addons/addon-manager/Makefile b/cluster/addons/addon-manager/Makefile
index 5898b90eb38..b7cfb23fd39 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/addon-manager/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/addon-manager/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 IMAGE=gcr.io/google-containers/kube-addon-manager
 ARCH?=amd64
 TEMP_DIR:=$(shell mktemp -d)
-VERSION=v2
+VERSION=v3
 
 # amd64 and arm has "stable" binaries pushed for v1.2, arm64 and ppc64le hasn't so they have to fetch the latest alpha
 # however, arm64 and ppc64le are very experimental right now, so it's okay
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 	QEMUARCH=arm
 endif
 ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-	KUBECTL_VERSION?=v1.3.0-alpha.3
+	KUBECTL_VERSION?=v1.3.0-beta.0
 	BASEIMAGE?=aarch64/python:2.7-slim
 	QEMUARCH=aarch64
 endif
 ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64le)
-	KUBECTL_VERSION?=v1.3.0-alpha.3
+	KUBECTL_VERSION?=v1.3.0-alpha.4
 	BASEIMAGE?=ppc64le/python:2.7-slim
 	QEMUARCH=ppc64le
 endif
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
index 8e7716184d4..3a73df6c8b1 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/images/hyperkube/dashboard-rc.yaml
-# and cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
+# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
index d9aabeccce5..2c1c02f1139 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/images/hyperkube/dashboard-svc.yaml
-# and cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
+# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
index d832244d786..77febc779a9 100644
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Usage:
 #   [ARCH=amd64] [REGISTRY="gcr.io/google_containers"] make (build|push) VERSION={some_version_number e.g. v1.2.0}
 
-REGISTRY?="gcr.io/google_containers"
+REGISTRY?=gcr.io/google_containers
 ARCH?=amd64
 TEMP_DIR:=$(shell mktemp -d)
 CNI_RELEASE=c864f0e1ea73719b8f4582402b0847064f9883b0
@@ -54,9 +54,14 @@ ifndef VERSION
     $(error VERSION is undefined)
 endif
 	cp -r ./* ${TEMP_DIR}
-	mkdir -p ${TEMP_DIR}/cni
+	mkdir -p ${TEMP_DIR}/cni ${TEMP_DIR}/addons
 	cp ../../saltbase/salt/helpers/safe_format_and_mount ${TEMP_DIR}
 	cp ../../saltbase/salt/generate-cert/make-ca-cert.sh ${TEMP_DIR}
+	cp ../../saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base ${TEMP_DIR}/addons/skydns-rc.yaml
+	cp ../../saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.base ${TEMP_DIR}/addons/skydns-svc.yaml
+	cp ../../addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml ${TEMP_DIR}/addons
+	cp ../../addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml ${TEMP_DIR}/addons
+	cp kube-proxy-ds.yaml ${TEMP_DIR}/addons/kube-proxy.yaml
 	cp ../../../_output/dockerized/bin/linux/${ARCH}/hyperkube ${TEMP_DIR}
 
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|VERSION|${VERSION}|g" addons/*.yaml static-pods/*.json
@@ -64,6 +69,8 @@ endif
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|ARCH|${ARCH}|g" addons/*.yaml static-pods/*.json
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|ARCH|${QEMUARCH}|g" Dockerfile
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|BASEIMAGE|${BASEIMAGE}|g" Dockerfile
+	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|-amd64|-${ARCH}|g" addons/*.yaml
+	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|__PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__|1|g;s|__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__|10.0.0.10|g;s|__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__|cluster.local|g" addons/skydns*.yaml
 	rm ${TEMP_DIR}/addons/*.back
 
 	# Make scripts executable before they are copied into the Docker image. If we make them executable later, in another layer
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-rc.yaml b/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-rc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 179848d5051..00000000000
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-rc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
-metadata:
-  name: kubernetes-dashboard
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    app: kubernetes-dashboard
-    version: v1.1.0-beta3
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    app: kubernetes-dashboard
-    version: v1.1.0-beta3
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: kubernetes-dashboard
-        version: v1.1.0-beta3
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: kubernetes-dashboard
-        # ARCH will be replaced with the architecture it's built for. Check out the Makefile for more details
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/kubernetes-dashboard-ARCH:v1.1.0-beta3
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 9090
-          protocol: TCP
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /
-            port: 9090
-          initialDelaySeconds: 30
-          timeoutSeconds: 30
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-svc.yaml b/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-svc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e856b35ca98..00000000000
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dashboard-svc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml
-kind: Service
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: kubernetes-dashboard
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    app: kubernetes-dashboard
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - port: 80
-    targetPort: 9090
-  selector:
-    app: kubernetes-dashboard
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-rc.yaml b/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-rc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbaeba8cbbd..00000000000
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-rc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
-metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v13
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v13
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v13
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v13
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: kubedns
-        # ARCH will be replaced with the architecture it's built for. Check out the Makefile for more details
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/kubedns-ARCH:1.2
-        resources:
-          # TODO: Set memory limits when we've profiled the container for large
-          # clusters, then set request = limit to keep this container in
-          # guaranteed class. Currently, this container falls into the
-          # "burstable" category so the kubelet doesn't backoff from restarting it.
-          limits:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 200Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 50Mi
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 60
-          timeoutSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 5
-        readinessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /readiness
-            port: 8081
-            scheme: HTTP
-          # we poll on pod startup for the Kubernetes master service and
-          # only setup the /readiness HTTP server once that's available.
-          initialDelaySeconds: 30
-          timeoutSeconds: 5
-        args:
-        # command = "/kube-dns"
-        - --domain=cluster.local
-        - --dns-port=10053
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 10053
-          name: dns-local
-          protocol: UDP
-        - containerPort: 10053
-          name: dns-tcp-local
-          protocol: TCP
-      - name: dnsmasq
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/dnsmasq-ARCH:1.1
-        args:
-        - --cache-size=1000
-        - --no-resolv
-        - --server=127.0.0.1#10053
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns
-          protocol: UDP
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns-tcp
-          protocol: TCP
-      - name: healthz
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/exechealthz-ARCH:1.0
-        resources:
-          # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-          limits:
-            cpu: 10m
-            memory: 20Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 10m
-            memory: 20Mi
-        args:
-        - -cmd=nslookup kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local 127.0.0.1 >/dev/null
-        - -port=8080
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8080
-          protocol: TCP
-      dnsPolicy: Default  # Don't use cluster DNS.
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-svc.yaml b/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-svc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34488412463..00000000000
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/dns-svc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This file should be kept in sync with cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: kube-dns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    kubernetes.io/name: "KubeDNS"
-spec:
-  selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-  clusterIP: 10.0.0.10
-  ports:
-  - name: dns
-    port: 53
-    protocol: UDP
-  - name: dns-tcp
-    port: 53
-    protocol: TCP
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/kube-proxy.yaml b/cluster/images/hyperkube/kube-proxy-ds.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from cluster/images/hyperkube/addons/kube-proxy.yaml
rename to cluster/images/hyperkube/kube-proxy-ds.yaml
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/static-pods/addon-manager.json b/cluster/images/hyperkube/static-pods/addon-manager.json
index c695e011f18..eed276c21dc 100644
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/static-pods/addon-manager.json
+++ b/cluster/images/hyperkube/static-pods/addon-manager.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "containers": [
       {
         "name": "kube-addon-manager",
-        "image": "gcr.io/google-containers/kube-addon-manager-ARCH:v2",
+        "image": "gcr.io/google-containers/kube-addon-manager-ARCH:v3",
         "resources": {
           "requests": {
             "cpu": "5m",
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
index 6b5a10abfdb..b70b1492c94 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v14
+  name: kube-dns-v15
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: __PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v14
+        version: v15
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
           name: dns-tcp-local
           protocol: TCP
       - name: dnsmasq
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/dnsmasq:1.1
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dnsmasq-amd64:1.3
         args:
         - --cache-size=1000
         - --no-resolv
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
index 611f55b4902..d3a71af1907 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v14
+  name: kube-dns-v15
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: {{ pillar['dns_replicas'] }}
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v14
+        version: v15
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
           name: dns-tcp-local
           protocol: TCP
       - name: dnsmasq
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/dnsmasq:1.1
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dnsmasq-amd64:1.3
         args:
         - --cache-size=1000
         - --no-resolv
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
index 399acc9ffc6..eb3ac73a0fc 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v14
+  name: kube-dns-v15
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: $DNS_REPLICAS
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v14
+    version: v15
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v14
+        version: v15
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
           name: dns-tcp-local
           protocol: TCP
       - name: dnsmasq
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/dnsmasq:1.1
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-dnsmasq-amd64:1.3
         args:
         - --cache-size=1000
         - --no-resolv
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.base b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.base
index fef2545df0d..6170fc53d9c 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.base
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-  clusterIP:  __PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__
+  clusterIP: __PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__
   ports:
   - name: dns
     port: 53
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in
index 93f9344b4da..f8d64440d58 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-  clusterIP:  {{ pillar['dns_server'] }}
+  clusterIP: {{ pillar['dns_server'] }}
   ports:
   - name: dns
     port: 53
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.sed b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.sed
index 7f4a9c2a00c..837d72b8f8d 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-dns/skydns-svc.yaml.sed
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   selector:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-  clusterIP:  $DNS_SERVER_IP
+  clusterIP: $DNS_SERVER_IP
   ports:
   - name: dns
     port: 53