diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
index db580f3622..ed16502def 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm.go
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ func GenerateKubeadmYAML(k8s config.KubernetesConfig, r cruntime.Manager) ([]byt
 	if version.GTE(semver.MustParse("1.14.0-alpha.0")) {
 		configTmpl = template.KubeAdmConfigTmplV1Beta1
 	}
+	// v1beta2 isn't required until v1.18.
+	if version.GTE(semver.MustParse("1.18.0-alpha.0")) {
+		configTmpl = template.KubeAdmConfigTmplV1Beta2
+	}
 	if err := configTmpl.Execute(&b, opts); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}