diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index a98064e..42aa2c2 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ data "http" "local_ip" {
   url = "http://ipv4.icanhazip.com/s"
 }
 
-data "google_container_engine_versions" "versions" {
-  location       = var.zonal_cluster ? local.zone : local.region
-  version_prefix = "1.14."
-}
+# data "google_container_engine_versions" "versions" {
+#   location       = var.zonal_cluster ? local.zone : local.region
+#   version_prefix = "1.14."
+# }
 
 # GKE cluster
 resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
   # https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/r/container_cluster.html#node_pool
   location = var.zonal_cluster ? local.zone : local.region
 
-  min_master_version = data.google_container_engine_versions.versions.latest_master_version
+  min_master_version = var.kube_version_gke
 
   network    = local.core_network_id
   subnetwork = local.gke_subnetwork_id
diff --git a/node_pools.tf b/node_pools.tf
index cbbe83b..04013fc 100644
--- a/node_pools.tf
+++ b/node_pools.tf
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "node_pool_mt" {
 
   # these can't be created or deleted at the same time.
   depends_on = [google_container_node_pool.node_pool_platform]
-  version    = data.google_container_cluster.primary.master_version
+  # version    = data.google_container_cluster.primary.master_version
+  version = var.kube_version_gke
 
   # We want the multi-tenant node pool to be completely replaced
   # instead of rolling deployment.
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "node_pool_platform" {
   #   delete = "30m"
   # }
 
-  version = data.google_container_cluster.primary.master_version
+  # version = data.google_container_cluster.primary.master_version
+  version = var.kube_version_gke
 
   location = var.zonal_cluster ? local.zone : local.region
   cluster  = google_container_cluster.primary.name
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index cdd7cba..f99dcdf 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ variable "dns_managed_zone" {
   description = "The name of the google dns managed zone we should use"
 }
 
+variable "kube_version_gke" {
+  default     = "1.14.6-gke.2"
+  description = "The kubernetes version to use in GKE"
+}
+
 variable "machine_type" {
   default     = "n1-standard-4"
   description = "The GCP machine type for GKE worker nodes running multi-tenant workloads"