diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2fb0665b12535eee6d570f09f8d91418aee9268..cb07be4beec5629bcde9e456309f78c1fc0c39bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ $ docker-machine create \
## Options
- `--hetzner-api-token`: **required**. Your project-specific access token for the Hetzner Cloud API.
-- `--hetzner-image`: The name (or ID) of the Hetzner Cloud image to use, see [Images API](https://docs.hetzner.cloud/#resources-images-get) for how to get a list (defaults to `ubuntu-18.04`).
+- `--hetzner-image`: The name (or ID) of the Hetzner Cloud image to use, see [Images API](https://docs.hetzner.cloud/#resources-images-get) for how to get a list (defaults to `ubuntu-20.04`).
- `--hetzner-image`: The architecture to use during image lookup, inferred from the server type if not explicitly given.
- `--hetzner-image-id`: The id of the Hetzner cloud image (or snapshot) to use, see [Images API](https://docs.hetzner.cloud/#resources-images-get) for how to get a list (mutually excludes `--hetzner-image`).
- `--hetzner-server-type`: The type of the Hetzner Cloud server, see [Server Types API](https://docs.hetzner.cloud/#resources-server-types-get) for how to get a list (defaults to `cx11`).
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ was used during creation.
| CLI option | Environment variable | Default |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| -------------------------- |
| **`--hetzner-api-token`** | `HETZNER_API_TOKEN` | |
-| `--hetzner-image` | `HETZNER_IMAGE` | `ubuntu-18.04` |
+| `--hetzner-image` | `HETZNER_IMAGE` | `ubuntu-20.04` |
| `--hetzner-image-arch` | `HETZNER_IMAGE_ARCH` | *(infer from server)* |
| `--hetzner-image-id` | `HETZNER_IMAGE_ID` | |
| `--hetzner-server-type` | `HETZNER_TYPE` | `cx11` |
diff --git a/driver/driver.go b/driver/driver.go
index d9cb69cfb0bf66b9149c99ff49d1286e3a6507dd..4375c3446adcbe2eb2da5f23ed9c90ed467c3b35 100644
--- a/driver/driver.go
+++ b/driver/driver.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type Driver struct {
}
const (
- defaultImage = "ubuntu-18.04"
+ defaultImage = "ubuntu-20.04"
defaultType = "cx11"
flagAPIToken = "hetzner-api-token"