diff --git a/addon-resizer/Makefile b/addon-resizer/Makefile
index e8cec511d72c0501386d88500e0f4dc26550ae52..1b563c2cb2c2c9f3adb18596d9acca41e5d9be0c 100644
--- a/addon-resizer/Makefile
+++ b/addon-resizer/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 OUT_DIR = build
 PACKAGE = k8s.io/autoscaler/addon-resizer
 PREFIX = gcr.io/google_containers
-TAG = 1.8.0
+TAG = 1.8.1
 
 # Rules for building the real image for deployment to gcr.io