diff --git a/rethinkdb/.DS_Store b/rethinkdb/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 92dcb092..00000000
Binary files a/rethinkdb/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/rethinkdb/README.md b/rethinkdb/README.md
index ca99d3f3..a41f8be8 100644
--- a/rethinkdb/README.md
+++ b/rethinkdb/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ rethinkdb-driver   db=influxdb   db=rethinkdb              10.0.27.114      2801
 We request for an external load balancer in the [admin-service.yaml](admin-service.yaml) file:
 
 ```
-createExternalLoadBalancer: true
+type: LoadBalancer
 ```
 
 The external load balancer allows us to access the service from outside via an external IP, which is 104.197.19.120 in this case. 
diff --git a/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml b/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
index 87cf82c3..953f5b3c 100644
--- a/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
+++ b/rethinkdb/admin-pod.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml b/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
index 6820e74e..15ed78f8 100644
--- a/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
+++ b/rethinkdb/admin-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
   ports:
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
-  createExternalLoadBalancer: true
+  type: LoadBalancer
   selector:
     db: rethinkdb
     role: admin
diff --git a/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml b/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
index 824afac8..51715b50 100644
--- a/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
+++ b/rethinkdb/driver-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh b/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
index 11681aae..55678cce 100755
--- a/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
+++ b/rethinkdb/gen-pod.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if [[ ! -z "${2-}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 cat << EOF
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/rethinkdb/rc.yaml b/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
index 558a7c86..9c091570 100644
--- a/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
+++ b/rethinkdb/rc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
   labels: