diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3dc3289a..fa0de19c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * [CHANGE] Add overrides config to tsdb store-gateway. #167
 * [CHANGE] Ingesters now default to running as `StatefulSet` with WAL enabled. It is controlled by the config `$._config.ingester_deployment_without_wal` which is `false` by default. Setting the config to `true` will yield the old behaviour (stateless `Deployment` without WAL enabled). #72
 * [CHANGE] We now allow queries that are 32 days long. For example, rate(metric[32d]). Before it was 31d. #173
+* [CHANGE] Renamed `container_name` and `pod_name` label names to `container` and `pod` respectively. This is required in order to comply with cAdvisor metrics changes shipped with Kubernetes 1.16. #179
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Enable support for HA in the Cortex Alertmanager #147
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Support `alertmanager.fallback_config` option in the Alertmanager. #179
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Add support for S3 block storage. #181
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
index acc6fa4b..ea702017 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@
           alert: 'CortexAllocatingTooMuchMemory',
           expr: |||
             (
-              container_memory_working_set_bytes{container_name="ingester"}
+              container_memory_working_set_bytes{container="ingester"}
                 /
-              container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{container_name="ingester"}
+              container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{container="ingester"}
             ) > 0.5
           |||,
           'for': '15m',
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@
           alert: 'CortexAllocatingTooMuchMemory',
           expr: |||
             (
-              container_memory_working_set_bytes{container_name="ingester"}
+              container_memory_working_set_bytes{container="ingester"}
                 /
-              container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{container_name="ingester"}
+              container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{container="ingester"}
             ) > 0.8
           |||,
           'for': '15m',
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
index 043a3337..02d9edd0 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
 (import 'dashboard-utils.libsonnet') {
   'cortex-compactor-resources.json':
     local filterNodeDiskByCompactor = |||
-      ignoring(pod_name) group_right() (label_replace(count by(pod_name, instance, device) (container_fs_writes_bytes_total{%s,container="compactor",device!~".*sda.*"}), "device", "$1", "device", "/dev/(.*)") * 0)
+      ignoring(pod) group_right() (label_replace(count by(pod, instance, device) (container_fs_writes_bytes_total{%s,container="compactor",device!~".*sda.*"}), "device", "$1", "device", "/dev/(.*)") * 0)
     ||| % $.namespaceMatcher();
 
     $.dashboard('Cortex / Compactor Resources')
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Network')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Receive Bandwidth') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(pod_name) (rate(container_network_receive_bytes_total{%s,pod_name=~"compactor.*"}[$__interval]))' % $.namespaceMatcher(), '{{pod_name}}') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum by(pod) (rate(container_network_receive_bytes_total{%s,pod=~"compactor.*"}[$__interval]))' % $.namespaceMatcher(), '{{pod}}') +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Transmit Bandwidth') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(pod_name) (rate(container_network_transmit_bytes_total{%s,pod_name=~"compactor.*"}[$__interval]))' % $.namespaceMatcher(), '{{pod_name}}') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum by(pod) (rate(container_network_transmit_bytes_total{%s,pod=~"compactor.*"}[$__interval]))' % $.namespaceMatcher(), '{{pod}}') +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Disk')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Writes') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByCompactor, '{{pod_name}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByCompactor, '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Reads') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByCompactor, '{{pod_name}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByCompactor, '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/comparison.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/comparison.libsonnet
index 2646fffb..29355df9 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/comparison.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/comparison.libsonnet
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('CPU per sample') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}[$__interval])) / sum(rate(cortex_ingester_ingested_samples_total{cluster=~"$cluster",job="$blocks_namespace/ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}[$__interval])) / sum(rate(cortex_ingester_ingested_samples_total{cluster=~"$cluster",job="$chunks_namespace/ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="ingester"}[$__interval])) / sum(rate(cortex_ingester_ingested_samples_total{cluster=~"$cluster",job="$blocks_namespace/ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="ingester"}[$__interval])) / sum(rate(cortex_ingester_ingested_samples_total{cluster=~"$cluster",job="$chunks_namespace/ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Memory per active series') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/ingester"})', 'blocks - working set') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/ingester"})', 'chunks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/ingester"})', 'blocks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/ingester"})', 'chunks - working set') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/ingester"})', 'blocks - heap inuse') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/ingester"}) / sum(cortex_ingester_memory_series{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/ingester"})', 'chunks - heap inuse') +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('bytes') }
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('CPU') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="ingester"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Memory') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="ingester"})', 'blocks - working set') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="ingester"})', 'chunks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="ingester"})', 'blocks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="ingester"})', 'chunks - working set') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/ingester"})', 'blocks - heap inuse') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/ingester"})', 'chunks - heap inuse') +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('bytes') }
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('CPU') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="querier"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="querier"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="querier"}[$__interval]))', 'blocks') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="querier"}[$__interval]))', 'chunks')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Memory') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container_name="querier"})', 'blocks - working set') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container_name="querier"})', 'chunks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$blocks_namespace",container="querier"})', 'blocks - working set') +
+        $.queryPanel('sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",namespace="$chunks_namespace",container="querier"})', 'chunks - working set') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$blocks_namespace/querier"})', 'blocks - heap inuse') +
         $.queryPanel('sum(go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster",job=~"$chunks_namespace/querier"})', 'chunks - heap inuse') +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('bytes') }
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
index aa1e68ce..00210fa5 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
   containerCPUUsagePanel(title, containerName)::
     $.panel(title) +
     $.queryPanel([
-      'sum by(pod_name) (rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{%s,container_name="%s"}[$__interval]))' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
-      'min(container_spec_cpu_quota{%s,container_name="%s"} / container_spec_cpu_period{%s,container_name="%s"})' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName, $.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
-    ], ['{{pod_name}}', 'limit']) +
+      'sum by(pod) (rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{%s,container="%s"}[$__interval]))' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
+      'min(container_spec_cpu_quota{%s,container="%s"} / container_spec_cpu_period{%s,container="%s"})' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName, $.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
+    ], ['{{pod}}', 'limit']) +
     {
       seriesOverrides: [
         {
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
   containerMemoryWorkingSetPanel(title, containerName)::
     $.panel(title) +
     $.queryPanel([
-      'sum by(pod_name) (container_memory_working_set_bytes{%s,container_name="%s"})' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
-      'min(container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{%s,container_name="%s"} > 0)' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
-    ], ['{{pod_name}}', 'limit']) +
+      'sum by(pod) (container_memory_working_set_bytes{%s,container="%s"})' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
+      'min(container_spec_memory_limit_bytes{%s,container="%s"} > 0)' % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
+    ], ['{{pod}}', 'limit']) +
     {
       seriesOverrides: [
         {
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/scaling.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/scaling.libsonnet
index 4f37132e..97e9b124 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/scaling.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/scaling.libsonnet
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
               )
             )
               *
-            quantile_over_time(0.99, sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}[1m]), "deployment", "$1", "pod_name", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))[24h:])
+            quantile_over_time(0.99, sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}[1m]), "deployment", "$1", "pod", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))[24h:])
               /
             sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(kube_pod_container_resource_requests_cpu_cores{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}, "deployment", "$1", "pod", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))
           |||,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
               )
             )
               *
-            quantile_over_time(0.99, sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(container_memory_usage_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}, "deployment", "$1", "pod_name", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))[24h:1m])
+            quantile_over_time(0.99, sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(container_memory_usage_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}, "deployment", "$1", "pod", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))[24h:1m])
               /
             sum by (cluster, namespace, deployment) (label_replace(kube_pod_container_resource_requests_memory_bytes{cluster=~"$cluster", namespace=~"$namespace"}, "deployment", "$1", "pod", "(.*)-(?:([0-9]+)|([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9]+))"))
           |||,