diff --git a/deploy/addons/ingress/ingress-rc.yaml b/deploy/addons/ingress/ingress-rc.yaml
index 8e2cd643f5eb..1ca0f86cba5f 100644
--- a/deploy/addons/ingress/ingress-rc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/addons/ingress/ingress-rc.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
       containers:
-      - image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.9.0-beta.17
+      - image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.9.0
         name: nginx-ingress-controller
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         readinessProbe:
diff --git a/test/integration/addons_test.go b/test/integration/addons_test.go
index 864ed164a9f9..c8463f540a34 100644
--- a/test/integration/addons_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/addons_test.go
@@ -97,11 +97,18 @@ func testIngressController(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("waiting for nginx to be up: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	expectedStr := "Welcome to nginx!"
-	runCmd := fmt.Sprintf("curl http://127.0.0.1:80 -H 'Host: nginx.example.com'")
-	sshCmdOutput, _ := minikubeRunner.SSH(runCmd)
-	if !strings.Contains(sshCmdOutput, expectedStr) {
-		t.Fatalf("ExpectedStr sshCmdOutput to be: %s. Output was: %s", expectedStr, sshCmdOutput)
+	checkIngress := func() error {
+		expectedStr := "Welcome to nginx!"
+		runCmd := fmt.Sprintf("curl http://127.0.0.1:80 -H 'Host: nginx.example.com'")
+		sshCmdOutput, _ := minikubeRunner.SSH(runCmd)
+		if !strings.Contains(sshCmdOutput, expectedStr) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("ExpectedStr sshCmdOutput to be: %s. Output was: %s", expectedStr, sshCmdOutput)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := util.Retry(t, checkIngress, 3*time.Second, 5); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	defer kubectlRunner.RunCommand([]string{"delete", "-f", podPath})