diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/Makefile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/Makefile
index fdae1c06f3c..f20c9c99e2c 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY:	build push
 
 IMAGE = fluentd-elasticsearch
-TAG = 1.12
+TAG = 1.13
 
 build:	
 	docker build -t gcr.io/google_containers/$(IMAGE):$(TAG) .
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/td-agent.conf b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/td-agent.conf
index 4a155ac4296..bbe39854181 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/td-agent.conf
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-image/td-agent.conf
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
 # problem yet to be solved as secrets are not usable in static pods which the fluentd
 # pod must be until a per-node controller is available in Kubernetes.
 
+# Do not directly collect fluentd's own logs to avoid infinite loops.
+<match fluent.**>
+  type null
+</match>
+
 <source>
   type tail
   path /var/log/containers/*.log
@@ -186,12 +191,12 @@
    port 9200
    logstash_format true
    # Set the chunk limit the same as for fluentd-gcp.
-   buffer_chunk_limit 512K
-   # Cap buffer memory usage to 512KB/chunk * 128 chunks = 65 MB
-   buffer_queue_limit 128
+   buffer_chunk_limit 2M
+   # Cap buffer memory usage to 2MiB/chunk * 32 chunks = 64 MiB
+   buffer_queue_limit 32
    flush_interval 5s
    # Never wait longer than 5 minutes between retries.
-   max_retry_wait 300
+   max_retry_wait 30
    # Disable the limit on the number of retries (retry forever).
    disable_retry_limit
 </match>
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
index ff9a86c4c96..e7a506f3aa6 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 .PHONY:	kbuild kpush
 
-TAG = 1.14
+TAG = 1.15
 
 # Rules for building the test image for deployment to Dockerhub with user kubernetes.
 
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/google-fluentd.conf b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/google-fluentd.conf
index 25a49850f01..98caf02fb60 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/google-fluentd.conf
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/google-fluentd.conf
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 # the name of the Kubernetes container regardless of how many times the
 # Kubernetes pod has been restarted (resulting in a several Docker container IDs).
 
+# Do not directly collect fluentd's own logs to avoid infinite loops.
+<match fluent.**>
+  type null
+</match>
+
 <source>
   type tail
   format json
@@ -130,15 +135,15 @@
 <match kubernetes.**>
   type google_cloud
   # Set the chunk limit conservatively to avoid exceeding the GCL limit
-  # of 2MB per write request.
-  buffer_chunk_limit 512K
+  # of 10MiB per write request.
+  buffer_chunk_limit 2M
   # Cap the combined memory usage of this buffer and the one below to
-  # 512KB/chunk * (96 + 32) chunks = 65 MB
-  buffer_queue_limit 96
+  # 2MiB/chunk * (24 + 8) chunks = 64 MiB
+  buffer_queue_limit 24
   # Never wait more than 5 seconds before flushing logs in the non-error case.
   flush_interval 5s
-  # Never wait longer than 5 minutes between retries.
-  max_retry_wait 300
+  # Never wait longer than 30 seconds between retries.
+  max_retry_wait 30
   # Disable the limit on the number of retries (retry forever).
   disable_retry_limit
 </match>
@@ -148,9 +153,9 @@
 <match **>
   type google_cloud
   detect_subservice false
-  buffer_chunk_limit 512K
-  buffer_queue_limit 32
+  buffer_chunk_limit 2M
+  buffer_queue_limit 8
   flush_interval 5s
-  max_retry_wait 300
+  max_retry_wait 30
   disable_retry_limit
 </match>
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.yaml b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.yaml
index 6784dd13b33..af662a74811 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.yaml
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: fluentd-elasticsearch
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-elasticsearch:1.12
+    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-elasticsearch:1.13
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: 100m
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
index 90a7d86a019..61869685fbd 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: fluentd-cloud-logging
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.14
+    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.15
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: 100m
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
index c0632b8f220..273065f6764 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: fluentd-cloud-logging
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.14
+    image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:1.15
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: 100m