diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade.md
index 749c70f7ef..2c4c3d135e 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade.md
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Upgrade the kubelet and kubectl on all control plane nodes:
 Restart the kubelet
 
 ```shell
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl restart kubelet
 ```
 
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ without compromising the minimum required capacity for running your workloads.
 -  Restart the kubelet
 
     ```shell
+    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
     sudo systemctl restart kubelet
     ```