diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
index 3787505c7e0..c5a4ba69dbd 100755
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 PREFIX = gcr.io/google-containers
 IMAGE = elasticsearch
-TAG = v5.6.2-1
+TAG = v5.6.2
 
 build:
 	docker build --pull -t $(PREFIX)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG) .
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
index 85f7cb19e0c..fb00c9d0fc7 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: elasticsearch-logging
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/google-containers/elasticsearch:v5.6.2-1
+      - image: gcr.io/google-containers/elasticsearch:v5.6.2
         name: elasticsearch-logging
         resources:
           # need more cpu upon initialization, therefore burstable class