diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/kube.yml b/projects/kubernetes/kube.yml
index 94201c66a..b872e6259 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/kube.yml
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/kube.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
   - name: sshd
     image: linuxkit/sshd:4a2fc7be31fa57dcade391de6173e0af55296e7f
   - name: kubelet
-    image: linuxkitprojects/kubernetes:718c9c7a47c518622d41ec0e8afeeacda3a363d6
+    image: linuxkitprojects/kubernetes:be292678cf385309de7c5e578b31a7d2c78e7578
 files:
   - path: etc/linuxkit.yml
     metadata: yaml
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/Dockerfile b/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/Dockerfile
index ad187b0ff..457e3bee3 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/kubernetes/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM linuxkit/alpine:6211ec0252873c9ff9604101fb256353f5a3832a AS build
 
-ENV kubernetes_version v1.8.0
+ENV kubernetes_version v1.8.1
 ENV cni_version        v0.6.0
 
 RUN apk add -U --no-cache \