diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index 48ac6129e8..7674f89d3a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	DefaultServiceDNSDomain  = "cluster.local"
 	DefaultServicesSubnet    = "10.96.0.0/12"
-	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1.6"
+	DefaultKubernetesVersion = "stable-1.7"
 	DefaultAPIBindPort       = 6443
 	DefaultDiscoveryBindPort = 9898
 	DefaultAuthorizationMode = "RBAC"