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 1d2c2df4b2707b0b35e9ddf82dbc025c7508dd2a..25291611e318a2a12e1ad6824c2599c9877c0e95 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
     },
 
     versions+:: {
-      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.9.0',
+      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.9.1',
       kubeRbacProxy: 'v0.4.1',
     },
 
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index 852966afc027e6ec919d0cd05bb55c9b7b89aab0..2cd897ce97488abd1e675541c0023c16022fa86e 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:v1.9.0
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.1
         name: kube-state-metrics
         resources:
           limits: