diff --git a/cluster/gce/addons/node-termination-handler/daemonset.yaml b/cluster/gce/addons/node-termination-handler/daemonset.yaml
index 4430e929572c2..789a1ba41ae49 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/addons/node-termination-handler/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/addons/node-termination-handler/daemonset.yaml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ spec:
         - effect: NoExecute
           operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: k8s.gcr.io/gke-node-termination-handler@sha256:e08ca863a547754fa7b75064bdad04f04cbef86c7b0a181ecc7304e747623181
+        - image: k8s.gcr.io/gke-node-termination-handler@sha256:aca12d17b222dfed755e28a44d92721e477915fb73211d0a0f8925a1fa847cca
           name: node-termination-handler
           command: ["./node-termination-handler"]
-          args: ["--logtostderr", "--exclude-pods=$(POD_NAME):$(POD_NAMESPACE)", "-v=10", "--kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig", "--annotation=cloud.google.com/impending-node-termination"]
+          args: ["--logtostderr", "--exclude-pods=$(POD_NAME):$(POD_NAMESPACE)", "-v=10", "--kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig", "--taint=cloud.google.com/impending-node-termination::NoSchedule"]
           securityContext:
             capabilities:
               # Necessary to reboot node