diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fae7a56..3cadfe1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The target audience for this tutorial is someone planning to support a productio
 
 Kubernetes The Hard Way guides you through bootstrapping a highly available Kubernetes cluster with end-to-end encryption between components and RBAC authentication.
 
-* [Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) 1.12.0
+* [Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) 1.13.1
 * [containerd Container Runtime](https://github.com/containerd/containerd) 1.2.0-rc.0
 * [gVisor](https://github.com/google/gvisor) 50c283b9f56bb7200938d9e207355f05f79f0d17
 * [CNI Container Networking](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni) 0.6.0
diff --git a/docs/02-client-tools.md b/docs/02-client-tools.md
index f4ef130..f5ba701 100644
--- a/docs/02-client-tools.md
+++ b/docs/02-client-tools.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The `kubectl` command line utility is used to interact with the Kubernetes API S
 ### OS X
 
 ```
-curl -o kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
+curl -o kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
 ```
 
 ```
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
 ### Linux
 
 ```
-wget https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
 ```
 
 ```
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
 
 ### Verification
 
-Verify `kubectl` version 1.12.0 or higher is installed:
+Verify `kubectl` version 1.13.1 or higher is installed:
 
 ```
 kubectl version --client
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ kubectl version --client
 > output
 
 ```
-Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"12", GitVersion:"v1.12.0", GitCommit:"0ed33881dc4355495f623c6f22e7dd0b7632b7c0", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-09-27T17:05:32Z", GoVersion:"go1.10.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
+Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"13", GitVersion:"v1.13.1", GitCommit:"eec55b9ba98609a46fee712359c7b5b365bdd920", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-12-13T10:39:04Z", GoVersion:"go1.11.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
 ```
 
 Next: [Provisioning Compute Resources](03-compute-resources.md)
diff --git a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
index 1c2883b..71c0278 100644
--- a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
+++ b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ Download the official Kubernetes release binaries:
 
 ```
 wget -q --show-progress --https-only --timestamping \
-  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kube-apiserver" \
-  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kube-controller-manager" \
-  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kube-scheduler" \
-  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kube-apiserver" \
+  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kube-controller-manager" \
+  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kube-scheduler" \
+  "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
 ```
 
 Install the Kubernetes binaries:
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Create the `kube-scheduler.yaml` configuration file:
 
 ```
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/kubernetes/config/kube-scheduler.yaml
-apiVersion: componentconfig/v1alpha1
+apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1alpha
 kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
 clientConnection:
   kubeconfig: "/var/lib/kubernetes/kube-scheduler.kubeconfig"
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@ curl --cacert ca.pem https://${KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS}:6443/version
 ```
 {
   "major": "1",
-  "minor": "12",
-  "gitVersion": "v1.12.0",
-  "gitCommit": "0ed33881dc4355495f623c6f22e7dd0b7632b7c0",
+  "minor": "13",
+  "gitVersion": "v1.13.1",
+  "gitCommit": "eec55b9ba98609a46fee712359c7b5b365bdd920",
   "gitTreeState": "clean",
-  "buildDate": "2018-09-27T16:55:41Z",
-  "goVersion": "go1.10.4",
+  "buildDate": "2018-12-13T10:31:33Z",
+  "goVersion": "go1.11.2",
   "compiler": "gc",
   "platform": "linux/amd64"
 }
diff --git a/docs/09-bootstrapping-kubernetes-workers.md b/docs/09-bootstrapping-kubernetes-workers.md
index bec4960..f20a1fb 100644
--- a/docs/09-bootstrapping-kubernetes-workers.md
+++ b/docs/09-bootstrapping-kubernetes-workers.md
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ Install the OS dependencies:
 
 ```
 wget -q --show-progress --https-only --timestamping \
-  https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.12.0/crictl-v1.12.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
+  https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.13.0/crictl-v1.13.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
   https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-the-hard-way/runsc-50c283b9f56bb7200938d9e207355f05f79f0d17 \
   https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v1.0.0-rc5/runc.amd64 \
   https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v0.6.0/cni-plugins-amd64-v0.6.0.tgz \
   https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v1.2.0-rc.0/containerd-1.2.0-rc.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
-  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
-  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kube-proxy \
-  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubelet
+  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
+  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kube-proxy \
+  https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubelet
 ```
 
 Create the installation directories:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Install the worker binaries:
   sudo mv runc.amd64 runc
   chmod +x kubectl kube-proxy kubelet runc runsc
   sudo mv kubectl kube-proxy kubelet runc runsc /usr/local/bin/
-  sudo tar -xvf crictl-v1.12.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
+  sudo tar -xvf crictl-v1.13.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
   sudo tar -xvf cni-plugins-amd64-v0.6.0.tgz -C /opt/cni/bin/
   sudo tar -xvf containerd-1.2.0-rc.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /
 }
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ gcloud compute ssh controller-0 \
 
 ```
 NAME       STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
-worker-0   Ready    <none>   35s   v1.12.0
-worker-1   Ready    <none>   36s   v1.12.0
-worker-2   Ready    <none>   36s   v1.12.0
+worker-0   Ready    <none>   32s   v1.13.1
+worker-1   Ready    <none>   32s   v1.13.1
+worker-2   Ready    <none>   32s   v1.13.1
 ```
 
 Next: [Configuring kubectl for Remote Access](10-configuring-kubectl.md)
diff --git a/docs/10-configuring-kubectl.md b/docs/10-configuring-kubectl.md
index 8ac0026..baadc84 100644
--- a/docs/10-configuring-kubectl.md
+++ b/docs/10-configuring-kubectl.md
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ kubectl get nodes
 
 ```
 NAME       STATUS   ROLES    AGE    VERSION
-worker-0   Ready    <none>   117s   v1.12.0
-worker-1   Ready    <none>   118s   v1.12.0
-worker-2   Ready    <none>   118s   v1.12.0
+worker-0   Ready    <none>   117s   v1.13.1
+worker-1   Ready    <none>   118s   v1.13.1
+worker-2   Ready    <none>   118s   v1.13.1
 ```
 
 Next: [Provisioning Pod Network Routes](11-pod-network-routes.md)