diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index e91848a00fb..1032d18e028 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ haproxy_image_tag: 2.8.2-alpine
 # Coredns version should be supported by corefile-migration (or at least work with)
 # bundle with kubeadm; if not 'basic' upgrade can sometimes fail
 
-coredns_version: "{{ 'v1.11.1' if (kube_version is version('v1.27.0', '>=')) else 'v1.9.3' }}"
+coredns_version: "{{ 'v1.11.1' if (kube_version is version('v1.29.0', '>=')) else 'v1.10.1' }}"
 coredns_image_is_namespaced: "{{ (coredns_version is version('v1.7.1', '>=')) }}"
 
 coredns_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}{{ '/coredns/coredns' if (coredns_image_is_namespaced | bool) else '/coredns' }}"