diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns-horizontal-autoscaler/dns-horizontal-autoscaler.yaml b/cluster/addons/dns-horizontal-autoscaler/dns-horizontal-autoscaler.yaml
index 848a92e4d0d..e12d4063018 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns-horizontal-autoscaler/dns-horizontal-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns-horizontal-autoscaler/dns-horizontal-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spec:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: autoscaler
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-proportional-autoscaler-amd64:1.8.0
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-proportional-autoscaler-amd64:1.8.1
         resources:
             requests:
                 cpu: "20m"