diff --git a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
rename to cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index eabd82d9796..b92ff6d8833 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@ function update-event-exporter {
     sed -i -e "s@{{ exporter_sd_endpoint }}@${STACKDRIVER_ENDPOINT:-}@g" "$1"
 }
 
-function update-dashboard-controller {
+function update-dashboard-deployment {
   if [ -n "${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER:-}" ]; then
     sed -i -e "s@\( \+\)# PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ARGS HERE@\1- --system-banner=${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER}\n\1- --system-banner-severity=WARNING@" "$1"
   fi
@@ -2419,8 +2419,8 @@ EOF
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dashboard"
-    local -r dashboard_controller_yaml="${dst_dir}/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml"
-    update-dashboard-controller ${dashboard_controller_yaml}
+    local -r dashboard_deployment_yaml="${dst_dir}/dashboard/dashboard-deployment.yaml"
+    update-dashboard-deployment ${dashboard_deployment_yaml}
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-}" == "daemonset" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "node-problem-detector"
diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 787418c2625..17897d9c891 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ function start_kubedashboard {
         ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-secret.yaml"
         ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-configmap.yaml"
         ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-rbac.yaml"
-        ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml"
+        ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-deployment.yaml"
         ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" apply -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-service.yaml"
         echo "kubernetes-dashboard deployment and service successfully deployed."
     fi