diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 517d8e44..031ac860 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Notable changes between versions.
 #### Addons
 
 * Update Prometheus from v2.10.0 to v2.11.0
+  * Update kube-state-metrics from v1.6.0 to v1.7.0-rc.1
 * Update Grafana from v6.2.4 to v6.2.5
 * Update nginx-ingress from v0.24.1 to v0.25.0
   * Support `networking.k8s.io/v1beta1` apiVersion
diff --git a/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml b/addons/prometheus/exporters/kube-state-metrics/deployment.yaml
index d53afb96..dc17195f 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:v1.6.0
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.7.0-rc.1
         ports:
           - name: metrics
             containerPort: 8080