diff --git a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/coredns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.6.yaml.template b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/coredns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.6.yaml.template
index bc99a79cc2..bcbf4131a2 100644
--- a/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/coredns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.6.yaml.template
+++ b/upup/models/cloudup/resources/addons/coredns.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.6.yaml.template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
       kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
       k8s-addon: coredns.addons.k8s.io
 ---
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - get
 ---
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ data:
         reload
     }
 ---
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: coredns
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
     spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
       serviceAccountName: coredns
       tolerations:
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ spec:
           beta.kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
       - name: coredns
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.3.0
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/coredns:1.3.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 5
           successThreshold: 1
           failureThreshold: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /health
+            port: 8080
+            scheme: HTTP
       dnsPolicy: Default
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
@@ -179,3 +185,6 @@ spec:
   - name: dns-tcp
     port: 53
     protocol: TCP
+  - name: metrics
+    port: 9153
+    protocol: TCP
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
index e8133a8a3f..ce427e707c 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/bootstrapchannelbuilder.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (b *BootstrapChannelBuilder) buildManifest() (*channelsapi.Addons, map[stri
 	if kubeDNS.Provider == "CoreDNS" {
 		{
 			key := "coredns.addons.k8s.io"
-			version := "1.3.0-kops.2"
+			version := "1.3.1-kops.2"
 
 			{
 				location := key + "/k8s-1.6.yaml"