diff --git a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/nodelocaldns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.12.yaml.template b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/nodelocaldns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
index 686ddf88b7..16d7d26470 100644
--- a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/nodelocaldns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
+++ b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/nodelocaldns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.12.yaml.template
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ spec:
         operator: "Exists"
       containers:
       - name: node-cache
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/dns/k8s-dns-node-cache:1.15.14
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/dns/k8s-dns-node-cache:1.17.1
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: {{ KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS.CPURequest }}