diff --git a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/templates/kubeadm.yaml.erb b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/templates/kubeadm.yaml.erb
index 48d5192a95..709156ade6 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/templates/kubeadm.yaml.erb
+++ b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/templates/kubeadm.yaml.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ apiEndpoint:
 ---
 apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: ClusterConfiguration
+kubernetesVersion: 1.12.3
 etcd:
   external:
     endpoints: