diff --git a/kubernetes/module_defaults b/kubernetes/module_defaults
index 0c86e54..1d1e5b6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/module_defaults
+++ b/kubernetes/module_defaults
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 # NOTE: this should be updated each a new version is released.
-MOD_PARAMS[__K8S_CHANNEL__]="1.32/stable"
+MOD_PARAMS[__K8S_CHANNEL__]="1.35/stable"
 MOD_PARAMS[__K8S_CONTROLLER_CHARM__]="k8s"  # default to canonical k8s
 MOD_PARAMS[__K8S_WORKER_CHARM__]="k8s-worker"  # default to canonical k8s
 MOD_PARAMS[__NUM_ETCD_UNITS__]=1