diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/defaults.go
index c37fe7ffffb..6672bf1e657 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/defaults.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultClusterDNSIP defines default DNS IP
 	DefaultClusterDNSIP = "10.96.0.10"
 	// DefaultKubernetesVersion defines default kubernetes version
-	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1.11"
+	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1"
 	// DefaultAPIBindPort defines default API port
 	DefaultAPIBindPort = 6443
 	// DefaultCertificatesDir defines default certificate directory
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3/defaults.go
index da1ff468458..c833b82deeb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3/defaults.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultClusterDNSIP defines default DNS IP
 	DefaultClusterDNSIP = "10.96.0.10"
 	// DefaultKubernetesVersion defines default kubernetes version
-	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1.11"
+	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1"
 	// DefaultAPIBindPort defines default API port
 	DefaultAPIBindPort = 6443
 	// DefaultCertificatesDir defines default certificate directory