diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0d4677c8782727f412e2967c04b4d9218725903..48160ef997e5e5b16fe1cdd23c98f31a6a7a8257 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
   - [weave](https://github.com/weaveworks/weave) v2.8.1
   - [kube-vip](https://github.com/kube-vip/kube-vip) v0.4.2
 - Application
-  - [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v1.9.0
+  - [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v1.9.1
   - [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.8.6
   - [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v1.3.1
   - [krew](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew) v0.4.3
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 96595d32551dceb5378d476638c0ddd21add3bd7..08f3e1f3384d5ba2c418dfcc32f024f40e58fa56 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ ingress_nginx_kube_webhook_certgen_imae_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/ingress-ngi
 ingress_nginx_kube_webhook_certgen_imae_tag: "v1.3.0"
 alb_ingress_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/amazon/aws-alb-ingress-controller"
 alb_ingress_image_tag: "v1.1.9"
-cert_manager_version: "v1.9.0"
+cert_manager_version: "v1.9.1"
 cert_manager_controller_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/jetstack/cert-manager-controller"
 cert_manager_controller_image_tag: "{{ cert_manager_version }}"
 cert_manager_cainjector_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/jetstack/cert-manager-cainjector"