diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/huaweicloud.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/huaweicloud.yml
index 20c72022771407c3fd71c30eaa7650ca0e6d3dd9..b85e7c2acd811c1015873d1fcc60b8e6b1b483aa 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/huaweicloud.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/huaweicloud.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 ## The repo and tag of the external Huawei Cloud Controller image
 # external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_repo: "swr.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com"
-# external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_tag: "v0.26.3"
+# external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_tag: "v0.26.6"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/huaweicloud/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/huaweicloud/defaults/main.yml
index 6d89c572677ccc30e820f009f5ed8cd5ff3be940..f81bf1e2ec9d8b51dcd2d4f4316f9f1642025a8c 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/huaweicloud/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_cloud_controller/huaweicloud/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ external_huaweicloud_cloud: "{{ lookup('env','OS_CLOUD') }}"
 ##    arg2: "value2"
 external_huawei_cloud_controller_extra_args: {}
 external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_repo: "swr.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com"
-external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_tag: "v0.26.3"
+external_huawei_cloud_controller_image_tag: "v0.26.6"