diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
index 1d08337a8..6c5ed80cb 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/addons.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ registry_enabled: false
 # Metrics Server deployment
 metrics_server_enabled: false
 # metrics_server_kubelet_insecure_tls: true
-# metrics_server_metric_resolution: 60s
+# metrics_server_metric_resolution: 15s
 # metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types: "InternalIP"
 
 # Rancher Local Path Provisioner
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 577b65aba..93b4ecf27 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ registry_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/library/registry"
 registry_image_tag: "2.7.1"
 registry_proxy_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/kube-registry-proxy"
 registry_proxy_image_tag: "0.4"
-metrics_server_version: "v0.4.2"
+metrics_server_version: "v0.5.0"
 metrics_server_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/metrics-server/metrics-server"
 metrics_server_image_tag: "{{ metrics_server_version }}"
 local_volume_provisioner_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/external_storage/local-volume-provisioner"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
index a7f2360d2..812de3172 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 ---
 metrics_server_kubelet_insecure_tls: true
 metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types: "InternalIP"
-metrics_server_metric_resolution: 60s
-metrics_server_cpu: 40m
-metrics_server_memory: 35Mi
-metrics_server_memory_per_node: 4Mi
-metrics_server_min_cluster_size: 5
-metrics_server_limits_cpu: 43m
-metrics_server_limits_memory: 55Mi
-metrics_server_requests_cpu: 43m
-metrics_server_requests_memory: 55Mi
-addon_resizer_limits_cpu: 100m
-addon_resizer_limits_memory: 300Mi
-addon_resizer_requests_cpu: 5m
-addon_resizer_requests_memory: 50Mi
+metrics_server_metric_resolution: 15s
+metrics_server_cpu: 20m
+metrics_server_memory: 15Mi
+metrics_server_memory_per_node: 2Mi
+metrics_server_min_cluster_size: 10
+metrics_server_limits_cpu: 100m
+metrics_server_limits_memory: 200Mi
+metrics_server_requests_cpu: 100m
+metrics_server_requests_memory: 200Mi
+addon_resizer_limits_cpu: 40m
+addon_resizer_limits_memory: 25Mi
+addon_resizer_requests_cpu: 40m
+addon_resizer_requests_memory: 25Mi
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
index 746d7c352..9be9c048e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metrics_server/templates/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: metrics-server
       version: {{ metrics_server_version }}
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 0
   template:
     metadata:
       name: metrics-server
@@ -28,11 +31,10 @@ spec:
       - name: metrics-server
         image: {{ metrics_server_image_repo }}:{{ metrics_server_image_tag }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
-        command:
-        - /metrics-server
+        args:
         - --logtostderr
         - --cert-dir=/tmp
-        - --secure-port=8443
+        - --secure-port=443
 {% if metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types %}
         - --kubelet-preferred-address-types={{ metrics_server_kubelet_preferred_address_types }}
 {% endif %}
@@ -41,12 +43,8 @@ spec:
         - --kubelet-insecure-tls
 {% endif %}
         - --metric-resolution={{ metrics_server_metric_resolution }}
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 300Mi
         ports:
-        - containerPort: 8443
+        - containerPort: 443
           name: https
           protocol: TCP
         volumeMounts:
@@ -54,20 +52,25 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /tmp
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /healthz?exclude=readyz
+            path: /livez
             port: https
             scheme: HTTPS
-          timeoutSeconds: 10
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          failureThreshold: 3
+          initialDelaySeconds: 40
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /healthz?exclude=livez
+            path: /readyz
             port: https
             scheme: HTTPS
-          timeoutSeconds: 10
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          failureThreshold: 3
+          initialDelaySeconds: 40
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop: ["all"]
+            add: ["CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE"]
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           runAsGroup: 10001
           runAsNonRoot: true
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ spec:
           - /pod_nanny
           - --config-dir=/etc/config
           - --cpu={{ metrics_server_cpu }}
-          - --extra-cpu=0.5m
+          - --extra-cpu=1m
           - --memory={{ metrics_server_memory }}
           - --extra-memory={{ metrics_server_memory_per_node }}
           - --threshold=5