diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 4643086b6..5128e8f3e 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ local_release_dir: /tmp
 # if this is set to true will only download files once
 download_run_once: False
 
-
 # Versions
 include_vars: kube_versions.yml
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ downloads:
   kubernetes_kubelet:
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kubelet
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kubelet}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kubelet']}}"
     source_url: "{{ kubelet_download_url }}"
     url: "{{ kubelet_download_url }}"
     owner: "kube"
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ downloads:
   kubernetes_kubectl:
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kubectl
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kubectl}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kubectl']}}"
     source_url: "{{ kubectl_download_url }}"
     url: "{{ kubectl_download_url }}"
     owner: "kube"
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ downloads:
   kubernetes_apiserver:
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kube-apiserver
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kube_apiserver}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kube_apiserver']}}"
     source_url: "{{ apiserver_download_url }}"
     url: "{{ apiserver_download_url }}"
     owner: "kube"
diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
index 40bd3c902..40c52f5ea 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+- include_vars: kube_versions.yml
+
 - name: downloading...
   debug:
     msg: "{{ download.url }}"
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/kube_versions.yml b/roles/download/vars/kube_versions.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/download/defaults/kube_versions.yml
rename to roles/download/vars/kube_versions.yml
diff --git a/roles/uploads/defaults/main.yml b/roles/uploads/defaults/main.yml
index 039c6656c..a8f1002e2 100644
--- a/roles/uploads/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/uploads/defaults/main.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ downloads:
   - name: kubernetes-kubelet
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kubelet
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kubelet}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kubelet']}}"
     source_url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kubelet"
     url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kubelet"
     owner: "kube"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ downloads:
   - name: kubernetes-kubectl
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kubectl
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kubectl}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kubectl']}}"
     source_url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kubectl"
     url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kubectl"
     owner: "kube"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ downloads:
   - name: kubernetes-apiserver
     dest: kubernetes/bin/kube-apiserver
     version: "{{kube_version}}"
-    sha256: "{{kube_checksum.kube_apiserver}}"
+    sha256: "{{vars['kube_checksum'][kube_version]['kube_apiserver']}}"
     source_url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kube-apiserver"
     url: "{{ kube_download_url }}/kube-apiserver"
     owner: "kube"
diff --git a/roles/uploads/tasks/main.yml b/roles/uploads/tasks/main.yml
index 279d26dd5..b19c2aa93 100644
--- a/roles/uploads/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/uploads/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+- include_vars: "kube_versions.yml"
+
 - name: Create the checksum file
   lineinfile:
     create: yes
diff --git a/roles/uploads/defaults/kube_versions.yml b/roles/uploads/vars/kube_versions.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/uploads/defaults/kube_versions.yml
rename to roles/uploads/vars/kube_versions.yml
diff --git a/scripts/change_k8s_version.py b/scripts/change_k8s_version.py
index 1fc7d0972..6ffbc7946 100644
--- a/scripts/change_k8s_version.py
+++ b/scripts/change_k8s_version.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     file_sub('../roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml', r'.*hyperkube_image_tag.*', 'hyperkube_image_tag: "%s"' % args.kube_version)
 
     kube_binaries = ['kubelet', 'kubectl', 'kube-apiserver']
-    var_files = ['../roles/uploads/defaults/kube_versions.yml', '../roles/download/defaults/kube_versions.yml']
+    var_files = ['../roles/uploads/vars/kube_versions.yml', '../roles/download/vars/kube_versions.yml']
     kube_download_url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/%s/bin/linux/amd64" % args.kube_version
 
     new = get_kube_sha256(args.kube_version, kube_download_url, kube_binaries)