diff --git a/images/nginx/Makefile b/images/nginx/Makefile
index fd9e0b9f8f..a179bc3e69 100644
--- a/images/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-TAG ?= 0.83
+TAG ?= 0.84
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
 ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 DOCKER ?= docker
diff --git a/images/nginx/README.md b/images/nginx/README.md
index 788b014a31..ac536aec43 100644
--- a/images/nginx/README.md
+++ b/images/nginx/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This image provides a default configuration file with no backend servers.
 _Using docker_
 
 ```console
-docker run -v /some/nginx.con:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:0.65
+docker run -v /some/nginx.con:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:0.84
 ```
 
 _Creating a replication controller_
diff --git a/images/nginx/rc.yaml b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
index 007628cc12..965b7a6a6a 100644
--- a/images/nginx/rc.yaml
+++ b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: nginx
-          image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:0.65
+          image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:0.84
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80
             - containerPort: 443