diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/defaults/main.yml
index d0de6b14f4bd3b9af515f9303fcb15a60094c982..68784271194ee607e3af68eef382f6fd7d3137bb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 krew_enabled: false
 krew_root_dir: "/usr/local/krew"
 krew_default_index_uri: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew-index.git
+krew_no_upgrade_check: 0
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/templates/krew.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/templates/krew.j2
index a666f6e2c78623510a2f77af219c667b6927908f..62a744c012f6f0428b43108a56815dc9c6a7dc70 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/templates/krew.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/krew/templates/krew.j2
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export KREW_ROOT="{{ krew_root_dir }}"
 export KREW_DEFAULT_INDEX_URI='{{ krew_default_index_uri }}'
 {% endif %}
 export PATH="${KREW_ROOT:-$HOME/.krew}/bin:$PATH"
+export KREW_NO_UPGRADE_CHECK={{ krew_no_upgrade_check }}