diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm_test.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm_test.go
index 0afbb9ffb7aaaf6f49fabb17063be53d022edd4d..a387d71931410832db00fbd6afa5020c52e25f86 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Wants=crio.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0-rc.1/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
+ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=/var/run/crio/crio.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
 
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Wants=containerd.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0-rc.1/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
+ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
 
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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Wants=containerd.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0-rc.1/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.200 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
+ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=remote --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --image-service-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.200 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --runtime-request-timeout=15m
 
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 `,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Wants=docker.socket
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0-rc.1/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=docker --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-infra-container-image=docker-proxy-image.io/google_containers/pause:3.1 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests
+ExecStart=/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.17.0/kubelet --authorization-mode=Webhook --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --cgroup-driver=cgroupfs --client-ca-file=/var/lib/minikube/certs/ca.crt --cluster-dns=10.96.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --container-runtime=docker --fail-swap-on=false --hostname-override=minikube --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --node-ip=192.168.1.100 --pod-infra-container-image=docker-proxy-image.io/google_containers/pause:3.1 --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests
 
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diff --git a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
index 1c8e915f1661ea289b303a10127fa680b51545db..9d328de7f3d29568e554c52dbd9ff345bc3d274f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ var DefaultISOURL = fmt.Sprintf("https://storage.googleapis.com/%s/minikube-%s.i
 var DefaultISOSHAURL = DefaultISOURL + SHASuffix
 
 // DefaultKubernetesVersion is the default kubernetes version
-var DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.17.0-rc.1"
+var DefaultKubernetesVersion = "v1.17.0"
 
 // NewestKubernetesVersion is the newest Kubernetes version to test against
-var NewestKubernetesVersion = "v1.17.0-rc.1"
+var NewestKubernetesVersion = "v1.17.0"
 
 // OldestKubernetesVersion is the oldest Kubernetes version to test against
 var OldestKubernetesVersion = "v1.11.10"