diff --git a/roles/download/templates/kubeadm-images.yaml.j2 b/roles/download/templates/kubeadm-images.yaml.j2
index edf99cf2b..7128c75d4 100644
--- a/roles/download/templates/kubeadm-images.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/download/templates/kubeadm-images.yaml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ nodeRegistration:
 ---
 apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/{{ kubeadm_config_api_version }}
 kind: ClusterConfiguration
-imageRepository: {{ kube_image_repo }}
+imageRepository: {{ kubeadm_image_repo }}
 kubernetesVersion: v{{ kube_version }}
 etcd:
 {% if etcd_deployment_type == "kubeadm" %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta3.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta3.yaml.j2
index d02487fe6..fd9a0d49c 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta3.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta3.yaml.j2
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ controlPlaneEndpoint: "{{ kubeadm_config_api_fqdn }}:{{ loadbalancer_apiserver.p
 controlPlaneEndpoint: "{{ main_ip | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:{{ kube_apiserver_port }}"
 {% endif %}
 certificatesDir: {{ kube_cert_dir }}
-imageRepository: {{ kube_image_repo }}
+imageRepository: {{ kubeadm_image_repo }}
 apiServer:
   extraArgs:
     etcd-compaction-interval: "{{ kube_apiserver_etcd_compaction_interval }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
index 7ade47598..94be8aa91 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta4.yaml.j2
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ controlPlaneEndpoint: "{{ kubeadm_config_api_fqdn }}:{{ loadbalancer_apiserver.p
 controlPlaneEndpoint: "{{ main_ip | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:{{ kube_apiserver_port }}"
 {% endif %}
 certificatesDir: {{ kube_cert_dir }}
-imageRepository: {{ kube_image_repo }}
+imageRepository: {{ kubeadm_image_repo }}
 apiServer:
   extraArgs:
   - name: etcd-compaction-interval
diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 8bac4bbfc..5f433b65a 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ docker_containerd_version: 1.6.32
 # gcr and kubernetes image repo define
 gcr_image_repo: "gcr.io"
 kube_image_repo: "registry.k8s.io"
+kubeadm_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}"
 
 # docker image repo define
 docker_image_repo: "docker.io"