diff --git a/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml b/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
index 327c9b05f3..1d4bb10335 100644
--- a/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sandbox/flyte_generated.yaml
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ spec:
           value: minio
         - name: MINIO_SECRET_KEY
           value: miniostorage
-        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-16T05-05-17Z
+        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z
         name: minio
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9000
@@ -3143,6 +3143,15 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /data
           name: minio-storage
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - mkdir
+        - /data/my-s3-bucket
+        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z
+        name: create-bucket
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /data
+          name: minio-storage
       volumes:
       - emptyDir: {}
         name: minio-storage
diff --git a/deployment/test/flyte_generated.yaml b/deployment/test/flyte_generated.yaml
index d8fc2e281a..f673d1cc76 100644
--- a/deployment/test/flyte_generated.yaml
+++ b/deployment/test/flyte_generated.yaml
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ spec:
           value: minio
         - name: MINIO_SECRET_KEY
           value: miniostorage
-        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-16T05-05-17Z
+        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z
         name: minio
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9000
@@ -963,6 +963,15 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /data
           name: minio-storage
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - mkdir
+        - /data/my-s3-bucket
+        image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z
+        name: create-bucket
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /data
+          name: minio-storage
       volumes:
       - emptyDir: {}
         name: minio-storage
diff --git a/kustomize/base/addons/storage/storage.yaml b/kustomize/base/addons/storage/storage.yaml
index b14b37be81..132a338cb8 100644
--- a/kustomize/base/addons/storage/storage.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/base/addons/storage/storage.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,17 @@ spec:
       volumes:
         - name: minio-storage
           emptyDir: {}
+      initContainers:
+        - image: minio/minio
+          name: create-bucket
+          command:
+            - mkdir
+            - /data/my-s3-bucket
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: minio-storage
+              mountPath: /data
       containers:
-        - image: "minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-16T05-05-17Z"
+        - image: minio/minio
           name: minio
           env:
             - name: MINIO_ACCESS_KEY
diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml
index bdc0e1e899..10e2c1d300 100644
--- a/kustomize/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ images:
   # Override postgres image to use alpine based (rather smaller) docker image
   - name: postgres
     newTag: 10.16-alpine
+  - name: minio/minio
+    newTag: RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z
diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
index 1b4e568464..ddf689f58c 100644
--- a/kustomize/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ images:
   # Override postgres image to use alpine based (rather smaller) docker image
   - name: postgres
     newTag: 10.16-alpine
+  - name: minio/minio
+    newTag: RELEASE.2021-04-06T23-11-00Z