diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/53450-wrong-value-for-kubernetes_version-variable.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/53450-wrong-value-for-kubernetes_version-variable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd9300ca2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/53450-wrong-value-for-kubernetes_version-variable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Bump KUBERNETES_VERSION for Auto DevOps to latest 1.10 series
+merge_request: 22757
+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 734af5eba59..8f6989fd0c6 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: 1.8.6
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: 1.10.9
   HELM_VERSION: 2.11.0
 
   DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2