diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta2/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta2/defaults.go
index 2611da7be9c..9875fad32b9 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta2/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta2/defaults.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultCertificatesDir defines default certificate directory
 	DefaultCertificatesDir = "/etc/kubernetes/pki"
 	// DefaultImageRepository defines default image registry
-	DefaultImageRepository = "k8s.gcr.io"
+	DefaultImageRepository = "registry.opensuse.org/kubic"
 	// DefaultManifestsDir defines default manifests directory
 	DefaultManifestsDir = "/etc/kubernetes/manifests"
 	// DefaultClusterName defines the default cluster name
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/defaults.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/defaults.go
index feb72d7807e..c04d6a5973a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/defaults.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultCertificatesDir defines default certificate directory
 	DefaultCertificatesDir = "/etc/kubernetes/pki"
 	// DefaultImageRepository defines default image registry
-	DefaultImageRepository = "k8s.gcr.io"
+	DefaultImageRepository = "registry.opensuse.org/kubic"
 	// DefaultManifestsDir defines default manifests directory
 	DefaultManifestsDir = "/etc/kubernetes/manifests"
 	// DefaultClusterName defines the default cluster name