diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index c3e59d0babb..fa1961ac1fe 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ENABLE_METRICS_SERVER="${KUBE_ENABLE_METRICS_SERVER:-true}"
 ENABLE_METADATA_AGENT="${KUBE_ENABLE_METADATA_AGENT:-none}"
 
 # Version tag of metadata agent
-METADATA_AGENT_VERSION="${KUBE_METADATA_AGENT_VERSION:-0.2-0.0.13-5-watch}"
+METADATA_AGENT_VERSION="${KUBE_METADATA_AGENT_VERSION:-0.2-0.0.16-1}"
 
 # One special node out of NUM_NODES would be created of this type if specified.
 # Useful for scheduling heapster in large clusters with nodes of small size.