diff --git a/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/model.go b/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/model.go
index 03aaaa1df0887..1c65e6fad153a 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/model.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/model.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ kind: Pod
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: healthcheck
-    image: kope/kube-apiserver-healthcheck:1.18.0-beta.1
+    image: kope/kube-apiserver-healthcheck:1.18.0-alpha.3
     livenessProbe:
       httpGet:
         # The sidecar serves a healthcheck on the same port,
diff --git a/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/tests/minimal/tasks.yaml b/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/tests/minimal/tasks.yaml
index 20a7fe787afd3..a153e5475a83c 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/tests/minimal/tasks.yaml
+++ b/pkg/model/components/kubeapiserver/tests/minimal/tasks.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Contents:
         - --client-key=/secrets/client.key
         command:
         - /usr/bin/kube-apiserver-healthcheck
-        image: kope/kube-apiserver-healthcheck:1.18.0-beta.1
+        image: kope/kube-apiserver-healthcheck:1.18.0-alpha.3
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             host: 127.0.0.1