diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index eec75f65154..7675bb0b7b3 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: k8s.gcr.io/coredns
 
   - name: "coredns-kubeadm"
-    version: 1.5.0
+    version: 1.6.2
     refPaths:
     - path: cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
       match: CoreDNSVersion =
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
index ba761c63c18..83f3bb6389e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ const (
 	KubeDNSVersion = "1.14.13"
 
 	// CoreDNSVersion is the version of CoreDNS to be deployed if it is used
-	CoreDNSVersion = "1.5.0"
+	CoreDNSVersion = "1.6.2"
 
 	// ClusterConfigurationKind is the string kind value for the ClusterConfiguration struct
 	ClusterConfigurationKind = "ClusterConfiguration"