diff --git a/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/updater-deployment.yaml b/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/updater-deployment.yaml
index 38406c00c..3ee31ecec 100644
--- a/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/updater-deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/updater-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
         - name: updater
-          image: k8s.gcr.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:0.12.0
+          image: k8s.gcr.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:1.2.1
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE