diff --git a/docs/centos8.md b/docs/centos8.md
index 8ddbe9e69..695789a5c 100644
--- a/docs/centos8.md
+++ b/docs/centos8.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 CentOS 8 ships only with iptables-nft (ie without iptables-legacy)
 The only tested configuration for now is using Calico CNI
-You need to use K8S 1.17+ and to add `calico_iptables_backend: "NFT"` to your configuration
+You need to use K8S 1.17+ and to add `calico_iptables_backend: "NFT"` or `calico_iptables_backend: "Auto"` to your configuration
 
 If you have containers that are using iptables in the host network namespace (`hostNetwork=true`),
 you need to ensure they are using iptables-nft.
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index f91e0fcae..9fc115258 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ coredns_version: "1.7.0"
 coredns_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/coredns/coredns"
 coredns_image_tag: "{{ coredns_version }}"
 
-nodelocaldns_version: "1.15.16"
+nodelocaldns_version: "1.16.0"
 nodelocaldns_image_repo: "{{ kube_image_repo }}/dns/k8s-dns-node-cache"
 nodelocaldns_image_tag: "{{ nodelocaldns_version }}"