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 ### Kubernetes Cluster Prerequisites
 
-The M3DB operator targets Kubernetes **1.10** and **1.11**. We generally aim to target the latest two minor versions
+The M3DB operator targets Kubernetes **1.11** and **1.12**. We generally aim to target the latest two minor versions
 supported by GKE but welcome community contributions to support more versions!
 
 The M3DB operator is intended for creating highly available clusters across distinct failure domains. For this reason we
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 ## Kubernetes Versions
 
-The M3DB operator current targets Kubernetes 1.10 and 1.11. Given the operator's current production use cases at Uber,
+The M3DB operator current targets Kubernetes 1.11 and 1.12. Given the operator's current production use cases at Uber,
 we typically target the two most recent minor Kubernetes versions supported by GKE. We welcome community contributions
 to support more recent versions while meeting the aforementioned GKE targets!