diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/vars.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/vars.yaml
index 6ced41377..ab0ca23b5 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/vars.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/vars.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 version:
-  kubernetes: v1.9.2
+  kubernetes: v1.9.3
   helm: v2.7.2
   cni: v0.6.0
 
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
index 687fbef25..726393a14 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 FROM gcr.io/google-containers/debian-base-amd64:0.3
 MAINTAINER pete.birley@att.com
 
-ARG KUBE_VERSION="v1.8.3"
+ARG KUBE_VERSION="v1.9.3"
 ENV KUBE_VERSION ${KUBE_VERSION}
 
 ARG CNI_VERSION="v0.6.0"
 ENV CNI_VERSION ${CNI_VERSION}
 
-ARG HELM_VERSION="v2.7.0"
+ARG HELM_VERSION="v2.7.2"
 ENV HELM_VERSION ${HELM_VERSION}
 
 ARG CHARTS="calico,flannel,tiller,kube-dns"