diff --git a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
index d096f02959310..d91078f3b76be 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/kubernetes/pod.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.pod_runtime_info_envs = pod_runtime_info_envs or []
         self.dnspolicy = dnspolicy
         self.priority_class = priority_class
+        self.lifecycle = lifecycle or {}
 
 
     def to_v1_kubernetes_pod(self):
diff --git a/airflow/version.py b/airflow/version.py
index c03064f0e2757..d1f02ba01ca66 100644
--- a/airflow/version.py
+++ b/airflow/version.py
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@
 
 version = '1.10.12'
 
-