diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
index c79bb32ce4f..28dde46db65 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ package api
 const (
 	DefaultServiceDNSDomain  = "cluster.local"
 	DefaultServicesSubnet    = "10.12.0.0/12"
-	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.4.0"
+	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.4.1"
 )