diff --git a/images/ceph-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic b/images/ceph-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
index f495da93..2dc6b98a 100755
--- a/images/ceph-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
+++ b/images/ceph-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors='airship-discuss@lists.airshipit.org, irc
 # Nautilus 14.2.9
 ARG CEPH_RELEASE=nautilus
 ARG CEPH_RELEASE_TAG=14.2.9-1.0~bionic
-ARG KUBE_VERSION=1.16.2
+ARG KUBE_VERSION=1.17.3
 
 ARG CEPH_REPO=https://mirror.mirantis.com/testing/ceph-nautilus/bionic/
 ARG CEPH_KEY=https://mirror.mirantis.com/testing/ceph-nautilus/bionic/archive-ceph-nautilus.key
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ RUN set -xe \
     && apt-get clean \
     && TMP_DIR=$(mktemp --directory) \
     && cd ${TMP_DIR} \
-    && curl -sSL https://dl.k8s.io/v${KUBE_VERSION}/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -zxv --strip-components=1 \
-    && mv ${TMP_DIR}/client/bin/kubectl /usr/bin/kubectl \
-    && chmod +x /usr/bin/kubectl \
+    && curl -sSLO https://dl.k8s.io/v${KUBE_VERSION}/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
+    && tar -xvf ${TMP_DIR}/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 \
+       -C /usr/bin kubernetes/client/bin/kubectl \
+    && mv /usr/bin/client/bin/kubectl /usr/bin/kubectl \
     && rm -rf \
          ${TMP_DIR} \
          /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/images/compute-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic b/images/compute-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
index 7c2666b4..93c155a6 100755
--- a/images/compute-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
+++ b/images/compute-utility/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors='airship-discuss@lists.airshipit.org, irc
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor='The Airship Authors' \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses='Apache-2.0'
 
-ARG KUBE_VERSION=1.12.2
+ARG KUBE_VERSION=1.17.3
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ RUN set -xe \
     && TMP_DIR=$(mktemp --directory) \
     && cd ${TMP_DIR} \
     && curl -sSLO https://dl.k8s.io/v${KUBE_VERSION}/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
-    && tar --strip-components=1 -zxvf kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
-    && mv ${TMP_DIR}/client/bin/kubectl /usr/bin/kubectl \
-    && chmod +x /usr/bin/kubectl \
+    && tar -xvf ${TMP_DIR}/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 \
+       -C /usr/bin kubernetes/client/bin/kubectl \
+    && mv /usr/bin/client/bin/kubectl /usr/bin/kubectl \
     && rm -rf \
          ${TMP_DIR} \
          /var/lib/apt/lists/*