diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 172684474f16fd78c763ff915a5328c6d005f375..605468cdf0ccec72722db4bb73ba37aba1af0050 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-node_exporter_version: 0.18.0
+node_exporter_version: 0.18.1
 node_exporter_web_listen_address: "0.0.0.0:9100"
 
 node_exporter_system_group: "node-exp"