diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e3d96215..8d43affcf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Supported Components
     -   [cephfs-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage) v2.1.0-k8s1.11
     -   [rbd-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage) v2.1.1-k8s1.11
     -   [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v0.5.2
-    -   [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.5.2
+    -   [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.6.0
     -   [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v0.21.0
 
 Note: The list of validated [docker versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG-1.13.md) was updated to 1.11.1, 1.12.1, 1.13.1, 17.03, 17.06, 17.09, 18.06. kubeadm now properly recognizes Docker 18.09.0 and newer, but still treats 18.06 as the default supported version. The kubelet might break on docker's non-standard version numbering (it no longer uses semantic versioning). To ensure auto-updates don't break your cluster look into e.g. yum versionlock plugin or apt pin).
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index beccbf614..ef46de169 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ nginx_image_tag: 1.15
 haproxy_image_repo: docker.io/haproxy
 haproxy_image_tag: 1.9
 
-coredns_version: "1.5.2"
+coredns_version: "1.6.0"
 coredns_image_repo: "docker.io/coredns/coredns"
 coredns_image_tag: "{{ coredns_version }}"