diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de53663..db535d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   <properties>
     <elasticsearch.plugin.name>discovery-kubernetes</elasticsearch.plugin.name>
     <elasticsearch.version>5.0.1</elasticsearch.version>
-    <kubernetes-client.version>1.4.4</kubernetes-client.version>
+    <kubernetes-client.version>1.4.27</kubernetes-client.version>
     <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>
     <tests.output>onerror</tests.output>
     <tests.client.ratio />