diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 10b39967b..bbcc1996e 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ kubednsautoscaler_image_repo: "gcr.io/google_containers/cluster-proportional-aut
 kubednsautoscaler_image_tag: "{{ kubednsautoscaler_version }}"
 test_image_repo: busybox
 test_image_tag: latest
-elasticsearch_version: "v2.4.1"
-elasticsearch_image_repo: "gcr.io/google_containers/elasticsearch"
+elasticsearch_version: "v5.6.4"
+elasticsearch_image_repo: "k8s.gcr.io/elasticsearch"
 elasticsearch_image_tag: "{{ elasticsearch_version }}"
 fluentd_version: "1.22"
 fluentd_image_repo: "gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-elasticsearch"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-clusterrolebinding.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-clusterrolebinding.yml
index dd5b9b630..4b9ab0067 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-clusterrolebinding.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-clusterrolebinding.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ---
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: efk
   namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: efk
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-sa.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-sa.yml
index 75d75f650..01e774e96 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-sa.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/efk-sa.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ metadata:
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch-deployment.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch-deployment.yml.j2
index 4cdcf33ad..a5edaa81f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch-deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/efk/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch-deployment.yml.j2
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/v1.5.2/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-controller.yaml
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
-kind: Deployment
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/v1.10.2/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
-  name: elasticsearch-logging-v1
+  name: elasticsearch-logging
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: elasticsearch-logging
     version: "{{ elasticsearch_image_tag }}"
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
 spec:
   replicas: 2
   selector:
@@ -53,4 +54,10 @@ spec:
 {% if rbac_enabled %}
       serviceAccountName: efk 
 {% endif %}
+      initContainers:
+      - image: alpine:3.6
+        command: ["/sbin/sysctl", "-w", "vm.max_map_count=262144"]
+        name: elasticsearch-logging-init
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true