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 aeca71bc..e30a63c3 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',
     },