diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
index 790c37baa31..5b7baf2c8ef 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func getCertPhaseFlags(name string) []string {
 		options.CfgPath,
 		options.CSROnly,
 		options.CSRDir,
+		options.KubernetesVersion,
 	}
 	if name == "all" || name == "apiserver" {
 		flags = append(flags,
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/kubeconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/kubeconfig.go
index 6c27e9c11a6..f2f6b7d3cb4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/kubeconfig.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func getKubeConfigPhaseFlags(name string) []string {
 		options.CertificatesDir,
 		options.CfgPath,
 		options.KubeconfigDir,
+		options.KubernetesVersion,
 	}
 	if name == "all" || name == kubeadmconstants.KubeletKubeConfigFileName {
 		flags = append(flags,