diff --git a/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh b/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
index 352be06d7..fe6c0565a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ TMPDIR="/opt"
 cd $TMPDIR
 
 #Download utf-8 encoding capability on the omsagent container.
-
-apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y locales
+#upgrade apt to latest version
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y locales
 
 sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
     dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive locales && \