diff --git a/templates/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.yaml b/templates/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
index a35bfe2a0..c55e5f637 100644
--- a/templates/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/templates/addons/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
         app: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-cluster-autoscaler
     spec:
       containers:
-        - image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler:${KUBERNETES_VERSION%.*}.0
+        - image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler:${CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER_VERSION:=${KUBERNETES_VERSION%.*}.0}
           name: cluster-autoscaler
           command: [/cluster-autoscaler]
           args: