diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e98ca02c..12e31c87b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Supported Components
     -   [rbd-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-storage) v2.1.1-k8s1.11
     -   [cert-manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) v0.11.0
     -   [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.6.0
-    -   [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v0.25.1
+    -   [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v0.26.1
 
 Note: The list of validated [docker versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG-1.13.md) was updated to 1.11.1, 1.12.1, 1.13.1, 17.03, 17.06, 17.09, 18.06. kubeadm now properly recognizes Docker 18.09.0 and newer, but still treats 18.06 as the default supported version. The kubelet might break 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 4455803c7..4d83aec28 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ rbd_provisioner_image_tag: "v2.1.1-k8s1.11"
 local_path_provisioner_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/rancher/local-path-provisioner"
 local_path_provisioner_image_tag: "v0.0.2"
 ingress_nginx_controller_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller"
-ingress_nginx_controller_image_tag: "0.25.1"
+ingress_nginx_controller_image_tag: "0.26.1"
 cert_manager_version: "v0.11.0"
 cert_manager_controller_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/jetstack/cert-manager-controller"
 cert_manager_controller_image_tag: "{{ cert_manager_version }}"