diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
index 9a602c8b120..7077ec48e0b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/defaults.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package kubeadm
 
 const (
 	DefaultServiceDNSDomain  = "cluster.local"
-	DefaultServicesSubnet    = "10.12.0.0/12"
+	DefaultServicesSubnet    = "10.96.0.0/12"
 	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.4.4"
 	DefaultAPIBindPort       = 6443
 	DefaultDiscoveryBindPort = 9898