diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
index a4f887d31..21a03c963 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     --ignore-preflight-errors=all
     --allow-experimental-upgrades
     --allow-release-candidate-upgrades
+    --etcd-upgrade=false
     --force
   register: kubeadm_upgrade
   # Retry is because upload config sometimes fails
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
     --ignore-preflight-errors=all
     --allow-experimental-upgrades
     --allow-release-candidate-upgrades
+    --etcd-upgrade=false
   register: kubeadm_upgrade
   when: inventory_hostname != groups['kube-master']|first and (kubeadm_config.changed and kubeadm_already_run.stat.exists)
   failed_when: kubeadm_upgrade.rc != 0 and "field is immutable" not in kubeadm_upgrade.stderr