diff --git a/deploy/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.tmpl b/deploy/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.tmpl
index 477145c5e17c..7fcc530a1643 100644
--- a/deploy/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/deploy/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: metrics-server
         image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/metrics-server-{{.Arch}}:v0.2.1
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - /metrics-server
         - --source=kubernetes.summary_api:https://kubernetes.default?kubeletHttps=true&kubeletPort=10250&insecure=true