diff --git a/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh b/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
index 15067a6d874..b78cb8d3bc1 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/.. && pwd)
 
-KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL:-https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release}"
+KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL:-https://dl.k8s.io}"
 
 function detect_kube_release() {
   if [[ -n "${KUBE_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
diff --git a/cluster/get-kube.sh b/cluster/get-kube.sh
index 2ed10beb4bd..17a3d660ffd 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ KUBE_CI_VERSION_REGEX="^v(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)-(be
 #   KUBE_VERSION
 function set_binary_version() {
   if [[ "${1}" =~ "/" ]]; then
-    export KUBE_VERSION=$(curl -fL "https://dl.k8s.io/${1}.txt")
+    export KUBE_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL "https://dl.k8s.io/${1}.txt")
   else
     export KUBE_VERSION=${1}
   fi
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ function download_kube_binaries {
   (
     cd kubernetes
     if [[ -x ./cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh ]]; then
-      ./cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
+      # Make sure to use the same download URL in get-kube-binaries.sh
+      KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL}" \
+        ./cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
     fi
   )
 }
@@ -177,15 +179,15 @@ release=${KUBERNETES_RELEASE:-"release/stable"}
 # Validate Kubernetes release version.
 # Translate a published version <bucket>/<version> (e.g. "release/stable") to version number.
 set_binary_version "${release}"
-if [[ ${KUBE_VERSION} =~ ${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION_REGEX} ]]; then
-  release_url="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL}/${KUBE_VERSION}/${file}"
-elif [[ ${KUBE_VERSION} =~ ${KUBE_CI_VERSION_REGEX} ]]; then
-  release_url="${KUBERNETES_CI_RELEASE_URL}/${KUBE_VERSION}/${file}"
-else
+if [[ ${KUBE_VERSION} =~ ${KUBE_CI_VERSION_REGEX} ]]; then
+  # Override KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL to point to the CI bucket;
+  # this will be used by get-kube-binaries.sh.
+  KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL="${KUBERNETES_CI_RELEASE_URL}"
+elif ! [[ ${KUBE_VERSION} =~ ${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION_REGEX} ]]; then
   echo "Version doesn't match regexp" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
-
+kubernetes_tar_url="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE_URL}/${KUBE_VERSION}/${file}"
 
 need_download=true
 if [[ -r "${PWD}/${file}" ]]; then
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ fi
 
 if "${need_download}"; then
   echo "Downloading kubernetes release ${KUBE_VERSION}"
-  echo "  from ${release_url}"
+  echo "  from ${kubernetes_tar_url}"
   echo "  to ${PWD}/${file}"
 fi
 
@@ -225,9 +227,9 @@ fi
 
 if "${need_download}"; then
   if [[ $(which curl) ]]; then
-    curl -fL --retry 3 --keepalive-time 2 "${release_url}" -o "${file}"
+    curl -fL --retry 3 --keepalive-time 2 "${kubernetes_tar_url}" -o "${file}"
   elif [[ $(which wget) ]]; then
-    wget "${release_url}"
+    wget "${kubernetes_tar_url}"
   else
     echo "Couldn't find curl or wget.  Bailing out."
     exit 1