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 aeca71bcd0eccb8973dfb232fbe6286239122f8f..e30a63c3b77214fdf0a4de12a5ebc0be59adfaa0 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
     },
 
     versions+:: {
-      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.7.2',
+      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.8.0',
       kubeRbacProxy: 'v0.4.1',
     },
 
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index 065e87035254dbd8480cf19caa32fdcf1cef8482..b8ff279504f709eac7c466d67550a0f468d262a0 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
         - --port=8081
         - --telemetry-host=127.0.0.1
         - --telemetry-port=8082
-        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.7.2
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.8.0
         name: kube-state-metrics
         resources:
           limits: