diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b30302cedbcde1ba1b87db0ebc641635f104661d..eb10731b225c9f3dfd4f11b370b7bcbf84cf44ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use imutable image tags rather than mutable tags (like ubuntu:18.04)
 FROM ubuntu:bionic-20200807
 
-ENV KUBE_VERSION=v1.19.5
+ENV KUBE_VERSION=v1.19.6
 
 RUN mkdir /kubespray
 WORKDIR /kubespray
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 9eccda1d8fa0678e6e246598757356684c902297..f31f4ad81751eb868868018e408f5ccbf09e4d27 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ kube_token_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/tokens"
 kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.19.5
+kube_version: v1.19.6
 
 # Where the binaries will be downloaded.
 # Note: ensure that you've enough disk space (about 1G)