diff --git a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/Debian.yml b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/Debian.yml
index 4a0766ac..3b91b07e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/Debian.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/Debian.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   apt_key:
     url: https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
     state: present
-  when: k8s_version is defined
+  when: k8s_package_version is defined
 
 - name: create k8s repo
   apt_repository:
     repo: deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
     state: present
-  when: k8s_version is defined
+  when: k8s_package_version is defined
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/RedHat.yml b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/RedHat.yml
index e3e8a7e0..c2bd319d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/RedHat.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/RedHat.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     gpgkey: https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/yum-key.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
     repo_gpgcheck: yes
     gpgcheck: yes
-  when: k8s_version is defined
+  when: k8s_package_version is defined
 
 # using this to avoid issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20711
 - name: make cache to import gpg keys
   command: "yum -q makecache -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='Kubernetes'"
-  when: k8s_version is defined
+  when: k8s_package_version is defined
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/configure_k8s_master_node.yml b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/configure_k8s_master_node.yml
index 4986cb98..08eb0bea 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/configure_k8s_master_node.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/configure_k8s_master_node.yml
@@ -37,17 +37,6 @@
     enabled: True
   when: master_running == false
 
-- name: set k8s version to default
-  set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "v1.9.2"
-
-- name: set k8s version if not defined
-  set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "v{{ global_configuration.K8S_VERSION }}"
-  when:
-    - global_configuration is defined
-    - global_configuration.K8S_VERSION is defined
-
 - debug:
     msg: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_all_ipv4_addresses }}"
 
@@ -77,7 +66,7 @@
 
 - name: initialize k8s master with listen ip
   shell: |
-      kubeadm init --token-ttl 0 --kubernetes-version {{ k8s_version }} --apiserver-advertise-address {{ listen_ip }} --pod-network-cidr {{ kube_pod_subnet }} &&
+      kubeadm init --token-ttl 0 --kubernetes-version v{{ k8s_version }} --apiserver-advertise-address {{ listen_ip }} --pod-network-cidr {{ kube_pod_subnet }} &&
       mkdir -p $HOME/.kube &&
       cp -u /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config &&
       chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube
@@ -85,7 +74,7 @@
 
 - name: initialize k8s master without listen ip
   shell: |
-      kubeadm init --token-ttl 0 --kubernetes-version {{ k8s_version }} --pod-network-cidr {{ kube_pod_subnet }} &&
+      kubeadm init --token-ttl 0 --kubernetes-version v{{ k8s_version }} --pod-network-cidr {{ kube_pod_subnet }} &&
       mkdir -p $HOME/.kube &&
       cp -u /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config &&
       chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yml
index ca19ba2b..42587d28 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/k8s/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,41 +7,43 @@
   set_fact:
     instance_name: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].instance_name }}"
 
-- name: set k8s version for RedHat if not defined
+- name: set k8s version to default
   set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "-1.9.2-0"
+    k8s_version: "1.9.2"
+- name: set k8s version from ENV if defined
+  set_fact:
+    k8s_version: "{{ global_configuration.K8S_VERSION }}"
   when:
-    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
-    - instance_data.roles is defined
-    - instance_data.roles.k8s_master is defined or instance_data.roles.k8s_node is defined
+    - global_configuration is defined
+    - global_configuration.K8S_VERSION is defined
 
-- name: set k8s version for RedHat if defined
+# dashboard has own set of versions https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/tags
+# and K8S_VERSION can't be used directly
+- name: set k8s dashboard version to default
+  set_fact:
+    k8s_dashboard_version: "1.8.3"
+- name: set k8s dashboard version if not defined
   set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "-{{ global_configuration.K8S_VERSION }}-0"
+    k8s_dashboard_version: "{{ global_configuration.K8S_DASHBOARD_VERSION }}"
   when:
-    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
-    - instance_data.roles is defined
-    - instance_data.roles.k8s_master is defined or instance_data.roles.k8s_node is defined
     - global_configuration is defined
-    - global_configuration.K8S_VERSION is defined
+    - global_configuration.K8S_DASHBOARD_VERSION is defined
 
-- name: set k8s version for Debian if not defined
+- name: set k8s version for RedHat
   set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "=1.9.2-00"
+    k8s_package_version: "-{{ k8s_version }}-0"
   when:
-    - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
     - instance_data.roles is defined
     - instance_data.roles.k8s_master is defined or instance_data.roles.k8s_node is defined
 
-- name: set k8s version for Debian if defined
+- name: set k8s version for Debian if not defined
   set_fact:
-    k8s_version: "={{ global_configuration.K8S_VERSION }}-00"
+    k8s_package_version: "={{ k8s_version }}-00"
   when:
     - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
     - instance_data.roles is defined
     - instance_data.roles.k8s_master is defined or instance_data.roles.k8s_node is defined
-    - global_configuration is defined
-    - global_configuration.K8S_VERSION is defined
 
 - name: OS specific package install
   include: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
@@ -49,13 +51,13 @@
 # kubetcl must be first in the list - kubeadm has dependency to kubectl without version
 - name: Install k8s packages if defined
   package:
-    name: "{{ item }}{{ k8s_version }}"
+    name: "{{ item }}{{ k8s_package_version }}"
     state: present
   with_items:
     - kubectl
     - kubelet
     - kubeadm
-  when: k8s_version is defined
+  when: k8s_package_version is defined
 
 - name: configure k8s master
   include: configure_k8s_master_node.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/k8s/templates/k8s-dashboard.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/k8s/templates/k8s-dashboard.yaml.j2
index bed644cd..3f60bcce 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/k8s/templates/k8s-dashboard.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/k8s/templates/k8s-dashboard.yaml.j2
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       containers:
       - name: kubernetes-dashboard
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64:v1.8.3
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64:v{{ k8s_dashboard_version }}
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8443
           protocol: TCP