diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4d420cbb..a342a6a2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Notable changes between versions.
 ### Addons
 
 * Update node-exporter from v1.0.0-rc.1 to [v1.0.0](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
+* Update kube-state-metrics from v1.9.6 to v1.9.7
 * Update Grafana from v7.0.0 to v7.0.1
 
 ## v1.18.3
diff --git a/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml b/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml
index d05f811a..fb5389a5 100644
--- a/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml
+++ b/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: kube-state-metrics
       containers:
       - name: kube-state-metrics
-        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.6
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7
         ports:
           - name: metrics
             containerPort: 8080