diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 153d7b0871f13348b88791c0b18274c4a86b1c94..21600af1409834d4d1f75e531330178419a82eb1 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
     },
 
     versions+:: {
-      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.4.0',
+      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.5.0',
       kubeRbacProxy: 'v0.4.0',
       addonResizer: '1.0',
     },