diff --git a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
index 408e93a1..cd11a85d 100644
--- a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-dep.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       containers:
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:1.0.0rc1
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:1.0.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
         - start