diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
index fff60853807..7d2170c2b7b 100755
--- a/hack/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ for version in "${kube_api_versions[@]}"; do
       -s "http://127.0.0.1:${API_PORT}"
       --match-server-version
     )
-    [ "$(kubectl get nodes -t '{{ .apiVersion }}' "${kube_flags[@]}")" == "v1beta3" ]
+    [ "$(kubectl get nodes -t '{{ .apiVersion }}' "${kube_flags[@]}")" == "v1" ]
   else
     kube_flags=(
       -s "http://127.0.0.1:${API_PORT}"
diff --git a/pkg/api/latest/latest_test.go b/pkg/api/latest/latest_test.go
index 300b4518d96..de6e378ee51 100644
--- a/pkg/api/latest/latest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/latest/latest_test.go
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ func TestInterfacesFor(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRESTMapper(t *testing.T) {
-	if v, k, err := RESTMapper.VersionAndKindForResource("replicationcontrollers"); err != nil || v != "v1beta3" || k != "ReplicationController" {
+	if v, k, err := RESTMapper.VersionAndKindForResource("replicationcontrollers"); err != nil || v != "v1" || k != "ReplicationController" {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected version mapping: %s %s %v", v, k, err)
 	}
 
-	if m, err := RESTMapper.RESTMapping("PodTemplate", ""); err != nil || m.APIVersion != "v1beta3" || m.Resource != "podtemplates" {
+	if m, err := RESTMapper.RESTMapping("PodTemplate", ""); err != nil || m.APIVersion != "v1" || m.Resource != "podtemplates" {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected version mapping: %#v %v", m, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/registered/registered.go b/pkg/api/registered/registered.go
index 485b4136ede..4550dd3661a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/registered/registered.go
+++ b/pkg/api/registered/registered.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	// The default list of supported api versions, in order of most preferred to the least.
-	defaultSupportedVersions := "v1beta3,v1"
+	defaultSupportedVersions := "v1,v1beta3"
 	// Env var KUBE_API_VERSIONS is a comma separated list of API versions that should be registered in the scheme.
 	// The versions should be in the order of most preferred to the least.
 	supportedVersions := os.Getenv("KUBE_API_VERSIONS")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
index 7a1e56d1c1a..063fd00aeed 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ func newExternalScheme() (*runtime.Scheme, meta.RESTMapper, runtime.Codec) {
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("", "Type", &internalType{})
 	scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("unlikelyversion", "Type", &externalType{})
-	scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName("v1beta1", "Type", &ExternalType2{})
+	//This tests that kubectl will not confuse the external scheme with the internal scheme, even when they accidentally have versions of the same name.
+	scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName(testapi.Version(), "Type", &ExternalType2{})
 
 	codec := runtime.CodecFor(scheme, "unlikelyversion")
 	validVersion := testapi.Version()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
index d68b4d2a095..bf90e66fab3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
@@ -147,34 +147,40 @@ func TestGetUnknownSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 // api.Scheme, which may not have access to all objects, and not all objects are at the same
 // internal versioning scheme. This test verifies that two isolated schemes (Test, and api.Scheme)
 // can be conjoined into a single output object.
+//
+// The expected behavior of the `kubectl get` command is:
+// 1. objects using unrecognized schemes will always be returned using that scheme/version, "unlikelyversion" in this test;
+// 2. if the specified output-version is a recognized, valid Scheme, then the list should use that scheme, and otherwise it will default to the client version, latest.Version in this test;
+// 3a. if the specified output-version is a recognized, valid Scheme, in which the requested object (replicationcontroller) can be represented, then the object should be returned using that version;
+// 3b. otherwise if the specified output-version is unrecognized, but the requested object (replicationcontroller) is recognized by the client's codec, then it will be converted to the client version, latest.Version in this test.
 func TestGetUnknownSchemaObjectListGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		output string
-		list   string
-		obj1   string
-		obj2   string
+		outputVersion   string
+		listVersion     string
+		testtypeVersion string
+		rcVersion       string
 	}{
 		"handles specific version": {
-			output: "v1",
-			list:   "v1",
-			obj1:   "unlikelyversion",
-			obj2:   "v1",
+			outputVersion:   latest.Version,
+			listVersion:     latest.Version,
+			testtypeVersion: "unlikelyversion",
+			rcVersion:       latest.Version,
 		},
 		"handles second specific version": {
-			output: "unlikelyversion",
-			list:   "v1beta3",
-			obj1:   "unlikelyversion", // doesn't have v1beta3
-			obj2:   "v1beta3",         // version of the API response
+			outputVersion:   "unlikelyversion",
+			listVersion:     latest.Version,
+			testtypeVersion: "unlikelyversion",
+			rcVersion:       latest.Version, // see expected behavior 3b
 		},
 		"handles common version": {
-			output: "v1beta3",
-			list:   "v1beta3",
-			obj1:   "unlikelyversion", // because test scheme defaults to unlikelyversion
-			obj2:   "v1beta3",
+			outputVersion:   testapi.Version(),
+			listVersion:     testapi.Version(),
+			testtypeVersion: "unlikelyversion",
+			rcVersion:       testapi.Version(),
 		},
 	}
 	for k, test := range testCases {
-		apiCodec := runtime.CodecFor(api.Scheme, "v1beta3")
+		apiCodec := runtime.CodecFor(api.Scheme, testapi.Version())
 		regularClient := &client.FakeRESTClient{
 			Codec: apiCodec,
 			Client: client.HTTPClientFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ func TestGetUnknownSchemaObjectListGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd := NewCmdGet(f, buf)
 		cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 		cmd.Flags().Set("output", "json")
-		cmd.Flags().Set("output-version", test.output)
+		cmd.Flags().Set("output-version", test.outputVersion)
 		err := RunGet(f, buf, cmd, []string{"type/foo", "replicationcontrollers/foo"})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected error: %v", k, err)
@@ -207,14 +213,14 @@ func TestGetUnknownSchemaObjectListGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected error: %v\n%s", k, err, buf.String())
 			continue
 		}
-		if out["apiVersion"] != test.list {
+		if out["apiVersion"] != test.listVersion {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected list: %#v", k, out)
 		}
 		arr := out["items"].([]interface{})
-		if arr[0].(map[string]interface{})["apiVersion"] != test.obj1 {
+		if arr[0].(map[string]interface{})["apiVersion"] != test.testtypeVersion {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected list: %#v", k, out)
 		}
-		if arr[1].(map[string]interface{})["apiVersion"] != test.obj2 {
+		if arr[1].(map[string]interface{})["apiVersion"] != test.rcVersion {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected list: %#v", k, out)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
index 8374bd433d2..ced7e6f3329 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/testclient"
@@ -672,7 +671,7 @@ func TestUpdateWithRetries(t *testing.T) {
 		Codec: codec,
 		Client: client.HTTPClientFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 			switch p, m := req.URL.Path, req.Method; {
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/replicationcontrollers/rc" && m == "PUT":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("replicationcontrollers", "default", "rc") && m == "PUT":
 				update := updates[0]
 				updates = updates[1:]
 				// We should always get an update with a valid rc even when the get fails. The rc should always
@@ -685,7 +684,7 @@ func TestUpdateWithRetries(t *testing.T) {
 					delete(c.Spec.Selector, "baz")
 				}
 				return update, nil
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/replicationcontrollers/rc" && m == "GET":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("replicationcontrollers", "default", "rc") && m == "GET":
 				get := gets[0]
 				gets = gets[1:]
 				return get, nil
@@ -695,7 +694,7 @@ func TestUpdateWithRetries(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}),
 	}
-	clientConfig := &client.Config{Version: latest.Version}
+	clientConfig := &client.Config{Version: testapi.Version()}
 	client := client.NewOrDie(clientConfig)
 	client.Client = fakeClient.Client
 
@@ -763,27 +762,27 @@ func TestAddDeploymentHash(t *testing.T) {
 		Codec: codec,
 		Client: client.HTTPClientFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 			switch p, m := req.URL.Path, req.Method; {
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/pods" && m == "GET":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("pods", "default", "") && m == "GET":
 				if req.URL.RawQuery != "labelSelector=foo%3Dbar" {
 					t.Errorf("Unexpected query string: %s", req.URL.RawQuery)
 				}
 				return &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Body: objBody(codec, podList)}, nil
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/pods/foo" && m == "PUT":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("pods", "default", "foo") && m == "PUT":
 				seen.Insert("foo")
 				obj := readOrDie(t, req, codec)
 				podList.Items[0] = *(obj.(*api.Pod))
 				return &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Body: objBody(codec, &podList.Items[0])}, nil
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/pods/bar" && m == "PUT":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("pods", "default", "bar") && m == "PUT":
 				seen.Insert("bar")
 				obj := readOrDie(t, req, codec)
 				podList.Items[1] = *(obj.(*api.Pod))
 				return &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Body: objBody(codec, &podList.Items[1])}, nil
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/pods/baz" && m == "PUT":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("pods", "default", "baz") && m == "PUT":
 				seen.Insert("baz")
 				obj := readOrDie(t, req, codec)
 				podList.Items[2] = *(obj.(*api.Pod))
 				return &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Body: objBody(codec, &podList.Items[2])}, nil
-			case p == "/api/v1beta3/namespaces/default/replicationcontrollers/rc" && m == "PUT":
+			case p == testapi.ResourcePath("replicationcontrollers", "default", "rc") && m == "PUT":
 				updatedRc = true
 				return &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Body: objBody(codec, rc)}, nil
 			default:
@@ -792,7 +791,7 @@ func TestAddDeploymentHash(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}),
 	}
-	clientConfig := &client.Config{Version: latest.Version}
+	clientConfig := &client.Config{Version: testapi.Version()}
 	client := client.NewOrDie(clientConfig)
 	client.Client = fakeClient.Client