diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index ddb3a9041f836cc501d8073c66d7f23648e64cfb..42d3b0e51e1da503caa07c8514a2bc8783818e84 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ weave_npc_image_repo: "weaveworks/weave-npc"
 weave_npc_image_tag: "{{ weave_version }}"
 
 nginx_image_repo: nginx
-nginx_image_tag: 1.11.4-alpine
+nginx_image_tag: 1.13
 dnsmasq_version: 2.78
 dnsmasq_image_repo: "andyshinn/dnsmasq"
 dnsmasq_image_tag: "{{ dnsmasq_version }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 0434c26f26899b8526e5a31e35e13c07e901bdea..2d7242cda4b4a3e923b6d2a445c34dcfb7a9c98b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ nginx_cpu_requests: 25m
 #   - extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true
 
 nginx_image_repo: nginx
-nginx_image_tag: 1.11.4-alpine
+nginx_image_tag: 1.13
 
 etcd_config_dir: /etc/ssl/etcd