diff --git a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
index 3c2bd743d6..68ed5345ae 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func kubernetesVersionInfo(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface) {
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Kubernetes version: %v", k8sVersion)
 
-	minK8sVersion, err := util_version.ParseGeneric("1.19.0")
+	minK8sVersion, err := util_version.ParseGeneric("1.21.0")
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("unexpected error parsing minimum supported version: %v", err)
 	}