diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index d11c2ba88..512c4afa7 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ scheduler_plugins_scheduler_image_tag: "v{{ scheduler_plugins_version }}"
 registry_version: "2.8.1"
 registry_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/library/registry"
 registry_image_tag: "{{ registry_version }}"
-metrics_server_version: "0.7.0"
+metrics_server_version: "0.8.0"
 metrics_server_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/metrics-server/metrics-server"
 metrics_server_image_tag: "v{{ metrics_server_version }}"
 local_volume_provisioner_version: "2.5.0"