diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9685f375a..3c1c713af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Supported Components
     -   [weave](https://github.com/weaveworks/weave) v2.3.0
 -   Application
     -   [cephfs-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage) v1.1.0-k8s1.10
-    -   [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v0.3.2
+    -   [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v0.4.0
     -   [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v0.16.2
 
 Note: kubernetes doesn't support newer docker versions. Among other things kubelet currently breaks on docker's non-standard version numbering (it no longer uses semantic versioning). To ensure auto-updates don't break your cluster look into e.g. yum versionlock plugin or apt pin).
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 2e7937f98..be0d6800b 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ingress_nginx_controller_image_repo: "quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/ngin
 ingress_nginx_controller_image_tag: "0.16.2"
 ingress_nginx_default_backend_image_repo: "gcr.io/google_containers/defaultbackend"
 ingress_nginx_default_backend_image_tag: "1.4"
-cert_manager_version: "v0.3.2"
+cert_manager_version: "v0.4.0"
 cert_manager_controller_image_repo: "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-controller"
 cert_manager_controller_image_tag: "{{ cert_manager_version }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrole-cert-manager.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrole-cert-manager.yml.j2
index 2480113bf..da60b7373 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrole-cert-manager.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrole-cert-manager.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cert-manager
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 rules:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrolebinding-cert-manager.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrolebinding-cert-manager.yml.j2
index 445452643..dcc1a4e30 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrolebinding-cert-manager.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/clusterrolebinding-cert-manager.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cert-manager
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 roleRef:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-certificate.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-certificate.yml.j2
index c006d5747..5a5929ef5 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-certificate.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-certificate.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: certificates.certmanager.k8s.io
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-clusterissuer.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-clusterissuer.yml.j2
index bc69736d5..6d88df192 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-clusterissuer.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-clusterissuer.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: clusterissuers.certmanager.k8s.io
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-issuer.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-issuer.yml.j2
index c46b58a10..258423e69 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-issuer.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/crd-issuer.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: issuers.certmanager.k8s.io
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/deploy-cert-manager.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/deploy-cert-manager.yml.j2
index de13ad05a..e0db1515a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/deploy-cert-manager.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/deploy-cert-manager.yml.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ cert_manager_namespace }}
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/sa-cert-manager.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/sa-cert-manager.yml.j2
index f6060c01a..95043bedb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/sa-cert-manager.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/cert_manager/templates/sa-cert-manager.yml.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ cert_manager_namespace }}
   labels:
     app: cert-manager
-    chart: cert-manager-v0.3.4
+    chart: cert-manager-v0.4.0
     release: cert-manager
     heritage: Tiller