diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
index e2b8e68757d..164e9f2e3d9 100755
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 PREFIX = gcr.io/fluentd-elasticsearch
 IMAGE = elasticsearch
-TAG = v6.3.0
+TAG = v6.5.0
 
 build:
 	gcloud builds submit --tag ${PREFIX}/${IMAGE}:${TAG}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
index b92bb1b2e32..1f49924fca0 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-statefulset.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: elasticsearch-logging
-    version: v6.3.0
+    version: v6.5.0
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
 spec:
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       k8s-app: elasticsearch-logging
-      version: v6.3.0
+      version: v6.5.0
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: elasticsearch-logging
-        version: v6.3.0
+        version: v6.5.0
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: elasticsearch-logging
       containers:
-      - image: k8s.gcr.io/elasticsearch:v6.3.0
+      - image: k8s.gcr.io/elasticsearch:v6.5.0
         name: elasticsearch-logging
         resources:
           # need more cpu upon initialization, therefore burstable class