diff --git a/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml b/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
index 4aac9ced..454f4564 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A chart for coredns
 name: coredns
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.2.0
+appVersion: "1.8.6"
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/rbac.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/rbac.yaml
index ab75fe4b..6b6d8cd2 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/rbac.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,10 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - discovery.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - endpointslices
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
diff --git a/charts/coredns/values.yaml b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
index c1fae0b9..7764fb61 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ conf:
 
 images:
   tags:
-    coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+    coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
     test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:latest
   pull_policy: "IfNotPresent"
 
diff --git a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
index e14f20cd..04d1f42a 100644
--- a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ data:
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
     images:
       tags:
-        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
         test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:master
   source:
     type: local
diff --git a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
index 4644f934..f82ffdf8 100644
--- a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ data:
 
     images:
       tags:
-        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
         test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:master
   source:
     type: local
diff --git a/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
index 0c252dfa..fe3c16b6 100644
--- a/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ data:
 
     images:
       tags:
-        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
         test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:master
   source:
     type: local
diff --git a/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
index 6f319faf..892444fe 100644
--- a/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ data:
 
     images:
       tags:
-        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
         test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:master
   source:
     type: local
diff --git a/tests/unit/builder_data/simple/armada-resources.yaml b/tests/unit/builder_data/simple/armada-resources.yaml
index d73e3e3f..ab6f60bc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/builder_data/simple/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/tests/unit/builder_data/simple/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ data:
 
     images:
       tags:
-        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+        coredns: coredns/coredns:1.8.6
         test: quay.io/airshipit/promenade:master
   source:
     type: local
diff --git a/tools/gate/default-config-env b/tools/gate/default-config-env
index 66ef908c..576cf889 100644
--- a/tools/gate/default-config-env
+++ b/tools/gate/default-config-env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IMAGE_CALICO_CNI=quay.io/calico/cni:v1.11.2
 IMAGE_CALICO_CTL=quay.io/calico/ctl:v1.6.3
 IMAGE_CALICO_KUBE_CONTROLLERS=quay.io/calico/kube-controllers:v1.0.2
 IMAGE_CALICO_NODE=quay.io/calico/node:v2.6.5
-IMAGE_COREDNS=coredns/coredns:1.7.0
+IMAGE_COREDNS=coredns/coredns:1.8.6
 IMAGE_DEP_CHECK=quay.io/stackanetes/kubernetes-entrypoint:v0.3.1
 IMAGE_ETCD=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.5.4
 IMAGE_HAPROXY=haproxy:1.8.3
diff --git a/tools/registry/IMAGES b/tools/registry/IMAGES
index 2e8009b0..78467143 100644
--- a/tools/registry/IMAGES
+++ b/tools/registry/IMAGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # source_name, tag, cache_name
-coredns/coredns,1.7.0,coredns
+coredns/coredns,1.8.6,coredns
 bitnami/kubectl,1.23.7,kubectl
 k8s.gcr.io/kube-apiserver-amd64,v1.23.7,apiserver
 k8s.gcr.io/kube-controller-manager-amd64,v1.23.7,controller-manager