diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index d63f94134..8713dd31c 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ haproxy_image_tag: 2.8.2-alpine
 # Coredns version should be supported by corefile-migration (or at least work with)
 # bundle with kubeadm; if not 'basic' upgrade can sometimes fail
 
-coredns_version: "{{ 'v1.11.3' if (kube_version is version('v1.30.0', '>=')) else 'v1.11.1' }}"
+coredns_version: "{{ 'v1.11.3' if (kube_version is version('v1.30.5', '>=')) else 'v1.11.1' }}"
 coredns_image_is_namespaced: "{{ (coredns_version is version('v1.7.1', '>=')) }}"
 
 coredns_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}{{ '/coredns/coredns' if (coredns_image_is_namespaced | bool) else '/coredns' }}"