diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index 7fbcb8485..3e69c6ddc 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ kube_api_anonymous_auth: false
 is_atomic: false
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.8.1
+kube_version: v1.8.2
 
 # Set to true to allow pre-checks to fail and continue deployment
 ignore_assert_errors: false