diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index f0323d4796c202d6705d4d4cbeb6ddf6918bd744..c18afd39b7d61dd2578921042c1fd7fad6618cf6 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cluster_name: cluster.local
 # Subdomains of DNS domain to be resolved via /etc/resolv.conf for hostnet pods
 ndots: 2
 # Can be dnsmasq_kubedns, kubedns or none
-dns_mode: dnsmasq_kubedns
+dns_mode: kubedns
 # Can be docker_dns, host_resolvconf or none
 resolvconf_mode: docker_dns
 # Deploy netchecker app to verify DNS resolve as an HTTP service