diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac383d313..28df32140 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -377,5 +377,6 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 *.swp
 cdk.context.json
 package-lock.json
+yarn.lock
 .cdk.staging
 cdk.out
diff --git a/typescript/eks/cluster/index.ts b/typescript/eks/cluster/index.ts
index 9c3601f58..95b84fee4 100644
--- a/typescript/eks/cluster/index.ts
+++ b/typescript/eks/cluster/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class EKSCluster extends cdk.Stack {
     const eksCluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'Cluster', {
       vpc: vpc,
       kubectlEnabled: true,  // we want to be able to manage k8s resources using CDK
-      defaultCapacity: 0  // we want to manage capacity our selves
+      defaultCapacity: 0,  // we want to manage capacity our selves
+      version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_16,
     });
 
     const onDemandASG = new autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup(this, 'OnDemandASG', {