diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
index 7ce0c38c50966cbeda6aefd72af177bcd490f905..57eb211ae118d5c006b8c4df12402932217629b0 100644
--- a/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@ resources:
 - manifests/clusterrole.yaml
 - manifests/clusterrolebinding.yaml
 - manifests/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
-images:
-- name: rancher/system-upgrade-controller
-  newTag: v0.8.0
diff --git a/manifests/system-upgrade-controller.yaml b/manifests/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
index e3efd9de408ce0d68b11dd26b462da1374426d51..a68ce0531715e5e8f4dfaeb3a3162c561dcb15fc 100644
--- a/manifests/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
+++ b/manifests/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ spec:
           effect: "NoExecute"
       containers:
         - name: system-upgrade-controller
-          image: rancher/system-upgrade-controller:v0.11.0
+          image: rancher/system-upgrade-controller:latest
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           securityContext:
             runAsNonRoot: true