diff --git a/cluster-up/hack/common.sh b/cluster-up/hack/common.sh
index 3e99d04a67..56132c0c28 100644
--- a/cluster-up/hack/common.sh
+++ b/cluster-up/hack/common.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 
 KUBEVIRTCI_CLUSTER_PATH=${KUBEVIRTCI_CLUSTER_PATH:-${KUBEVIRTCI_PATH}/cluster}
-KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER=${KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER:-k8s-1.15}
+KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER=${KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER:-k8s-1.18}
 KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES=${KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES:-1}
 KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE=${KUBEVIRT_MEMORY_SIZE:-5120M}
 KUBEVIRT_NUM_SECONDARY_NICS=${KUBEVIRT_NUM_SECONDARY_NICS:-0}