diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/auto-devops-kubectl-1-11-6.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/auto-devops-kubectl-1-11-6.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a8cdead4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/auto-devops-kubectl-1-11-6.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Bump kubectl in Auto DevOps to 1.11.6
+merge_request: 24176
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
index e292641da2b..de4288fb532 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ variables:
   POSTGRES_ENABLED: "true"
   POSTGRES_DB: $CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG
 
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION: 1.10.9
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: 1.11.6
   HELM_VERSION: 2.11.0
 
   DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2