diff --git a/channels/stable b/channels/stable
index 68aefad57b..91e9ebbfcd 100644
--- a/channels/stable
+++ b/channels/stable
@@ -4,26 +4,24 @@ spec:
     - name: kope.io/k8s-1.4-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-07-28
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.4.0 <1.5.0"
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.5-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.5-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.5.0 <1.6.0"
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.6-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.6-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.6.0 <1.7.0"
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.7-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.7-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.7.0 <1.8.0"
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.8.0 <1.9.0"
     # Moving to stretch in 1.9 (if goes well)
-    # BUT... this is causing the submit queue to block, so back to jessie temporarily: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/56763
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.9.0 <1.10.0"
     # Need stretch as default in 1.10 (for nvme)
-    # BUT... this is causing the submit queue to block, so back to jessie temporarily: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/56763
-    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-jessie-amd64-hvm-ebs-2017-12-02
+    - name: kope.io/k8s-1.8-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-01-05
       providerID: aws
       kubernetesVersion: ">=1.10.0"
     - providerID: gce
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
       kubenet: {}
   kubernetesVersions:
   - range: ">=1.8.0"
-    recommendedVersion: 1.8.4
+    recommendedVersion: 1.8.6
     requiredVersion: 1.8.0
   - range: ">=1.7.0"
     recommendedVersion: 1.7.11
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
   - range: ">=1.8.0-alpha.1"
     recommendedVersion: 1.8.0
     #requiredVersion: 1.8.0
-    kubernetesVersion: 1.8.4
+    kubernetesVersion: 1.8.6
   - range: ">=1.7.0-alpha.1"
     recommendedVersion: 1.7.1
     #requiredVersion: 1.7.0