diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
index cb29e2a6a..6b575df0f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
     kubeadm_token: "{{ temp_token.stdout }}"
   when: kubeadm_token is not defined
 
-- name: Set kubeadm api version to v1beta3
-  set_fact:
-    kubeadmConfig_api_version: v1beta3
-
 - name: Get kubeconfig for join discovery process
   command: "{{ kubectl }} -n kube-public get cm cluster-info -o jsonpath='{.data.kubeconfig}'"
   register: kubeconfig_file_discovery
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@
 
 - name: Create kubeadm client config
   template:
-    src: "kubeadm-client.conf.{{ kubeadmConfig_api_version }}.j2"
+    src: "kubeadm-client.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/kubeadm-client.conf"
     backup: true
     mode: "0640"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.j2
similarity index 95%
rename from roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.j2
index 5016df9c3..a4e014ca7 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.v1beta3.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/templates/kubeadm-client.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3
+apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/{{ kubeadm_config_api_version }}
 kind: JoinConfiguration
 discovery:
 {% if kubeadm_use_file_discovery %}