diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
index e61062cc88..00fea99abd 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Download kops from the [releases page](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releas
 On MacOS:
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases/download/1.7.0/kops-darwin-amd64
+wget https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases/download/1.8.0/kops-darwin-amd64
 chmod +x kops-darwin-amd64
 mv kops-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kops
 # you can also install using Homebrew
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ brew update && brew install kops
 On Linux:
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases/download/1.7.0/kops-linux-amd64
+wget https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases/download/1.8.0/kops-linux-amd64
 chmod +x kops-linux-amd64
 mv kops-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kops
 ```