diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index d85815b13..022c37e4c 100755
--- a/build/dev-env.sh
+++ b/build/dev-env.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ echo "[dev-env] building image"
 make build image
 docker tag "${REGISTRY}/nginx-ingress-controller:${TAG}" "${DEV_IMAGE}"
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.2@sha256:7b27a6d0f2517ff88ba444025beae41491b016bc6af573ba467b70c5e8e0d85f}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.4@sha256:d8ff5fc405fc679dd3dd0cccc01543ba4942ed90823817d2e9e2c474a5343c4f}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index f52d5973c..71b9cacbf 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.2@sha256:7b27a6d0f2517ff88ba444025beae41491b016bc6af573ba467b70c5e8e0d85f}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.4@sha256:d8ff5fc405fc679dd3dd0cccc01543ba4942ed90823817d2e9e2c474a5343c4f}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run.sh b/test/e2e/run.sh
index 8ebcbef75..c4216914c 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export TAG=1.0.0-dev
 export ARCH=${ARCH:-amd64}
 export REGISTRY=ingress-controller
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.2@sha256:7b27a6d0f2517ff88ba444025beae41491b016bc6af573ba467b70c5e8e0d85f}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.18.4@sha256:d8ff5fc405fc679dd3dd0cccc01543ba4942ed90823817d2e9e2c474a5343c4f}
 
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled