diff --git a/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml b/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
index a78236f0a..d134ab8b2 100644
--- a/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
+++ b/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
@@ -528,11 +528,14 @@ install:
             fi
             ARGS="${ARGS} --set ksm.enabled=${NR_CLI_KSM}"
 
-            if [[ $SERVER_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 1 && $SERVER_MINOR_VERSION -lt 25 ]]; then
-              ARGS="${ARGS} --set kube-state-metrics.image.tag=v2.6.0"
-            else
-              ARGS="${ARGS} --set kube-state-metrics.image.tag=v2.7.0"
-            fi
+            # leaving this commented out for the future
+            # if [[ $SERVER_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 1 && $SERVER_MINOR_VERSION -lt 25 ]]; then
+            #   ARGS="${ARGS} --set kube-state-metrics.image.tag=v2.6.0"
+            # else
+            #   ARGS="${ARGS} --set kube-state-metrics.image.tag=v2.7.0"
+            # fi
+
+            ARGS="${ARGS} --set kube-state-metrics.image.tag=v2.10.0"
 
             # Prometheus integrations
 
@@ -616,11 +619,13 @@ install:
             BODY="${BODY},\"global.lowDataMode\":\"${NR_CLI_LOW_DATA_MODE}\""
             BODY="${BODY},\"ksm.enabled\":\"${NR_CLI_KSM}\""
 
-            if [[ $SERVER_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 1 && $SERVER_MINOR_VERSION -lt 25 ]]; then
-              BODY="${BODY},\"kube-state-metrics.image.tag\":\"v2.6.0\""
-            else
-              BODY="${BODY},\"kube-state-metrics.image.tag\":\"v2.7.0\""
-            fi
+            # leaving this commented out for the future
+            # if [[ $SERVER_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 1 && $SERVER_MINOR_VERSION -lt 25 ]]; then
+            #   BODY="${BODY},\"kube-state-metrics.image.tag\":\"v2.6.0\""
+            # else
+            #   BODY="${BODY},\"kube-state-metrics.image.tag\":\"v2.7.0\""
+            # fi
+            BODY="${BODY},\"kube-state-metrics.image.tag\":\"v2.10.0\""
 
             # Prometheus integrations