diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 62f24f95..19d08d1c 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 DOCKER_VERSION=17.06
-KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.6.2
+KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.7.8
 KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION=0.5.1