diff --git a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_atomic_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_atomic_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
index f247cb8e24..7840d4b40d 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_atomic_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
+++ b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_atomic_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ parameters:
   kube_tag:
     type: string
     description: tag of the k8s containers used to provision the kubernetes cluster
-    default: v1.9.3
+    default: v1.11.5-1
 
   etcd_tag:
     type: string
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ parameters:
   kube_version:
     type: string
     description: version of kubernetes used for kubernetes cluster
-    default: v1.9.3
+    default: v1.11.5
 
   kube_dashboard_version:
     type: string