diff --git a/channels/alpha b/channels/alpha
index 8c9019174e..44dac78d0e 100644
--- a/channels/alpha
+++ b/channels/alpha
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ spec:
     # Stretch is the default for 1.11 (for nvme)
     - name: kope.io/k8s-1.11-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-08-17
       providerID: aws
-      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.11.0"
+      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.11.0 <1.12.0"
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.12-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2019-05-13
+      providerID: aws
+      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.12.0"
     - providerID: gce
       name: "cos-cloud/cos-stable-65-10323-99-0"
   cluster:
diff --git a/channels/stable b/channels/stable
index 7b2378a175..18ad8e3c41 100644
--- a/channels/stable
+++ b/channels/stable
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ spec:
     # Stretch is the default for 1.11 (for nvme)
     - name: kope.io/k8s-1.11-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-08-17
       providerID: aws
-      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.11.0"
+      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.11.0 <1.12.0"
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.12-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2019-05-13
+      providerID: aws
+      kubernetesVersion: ">=1.12.0"
     - providerID: gce
       name: "cos-cloud/cos-stable-65-10323-99-0"
   cluster: