diff --git a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
index 80fcf0a1..376c5c86 100644
--- a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       containers:
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:0.10.2
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:1.0.0rc1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
         - start