diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50daa97214..4a2b56b492 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ GOLANGCI_VERSION=v1.27.0
 REPO ?= rancher
 IMAGE=${REPO}/rke2-runtime
 K3S_PKG=github.com/rancher/k3s
+RKE2_PKG=github.com/rancher/rke2
 
 ifneq "$(strip $(shell command -v go 2>/dev/null))" ""
 	GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ GO_BUILDTAGS ?= no_embedded_executor
 GO_BUILDTAGS += ${DEBUG_TAGS}
 GO_TAGS=$(if $(GO_BUILDTAGS),-tags "$(GO_BUILDTAGS)",)
 GO_LDFLAGS=-ldflags '-extldflags "-static"                        \
+					 -X $(RKE2_PKG)/pkg/images.KubernetesVersion=$(VERSION)    \
 					 -X $(K3S_PKG)/pkg/version.Program=$(PROG)    \
-					 -X $(K3S_PKG)/pkg/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
+					 -X $(K3S_PKG)/pkg/version.Version=${DRONE_TAG} \
 					 -X $(K3S_PKG)/pkg/version.Revision=$(REVISION) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)'
 
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9efa80a61a..38a5bcfd60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -61,15 +61,18 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/bhendo/go-powershell v0.0.0-20190719160123-219e7fb4e41e // indirect
+	github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20181115193947-bf1c66bbce23 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.0.0-20200424115305-087a4bdef7c4
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200714154145-66a8c2ad7f0f
+	github.com/rakelkar/gonetsh v0.0.0-20190719023240-501daadcadf8 // indirect
+	github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200720235607-04f57e5e1da4
 	github.com/rancher/spur v0.0.0-20200617165101-8702c8e4ce7a
 	github.com/rancher/wrangler v0.6.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.18.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.18.5
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.5
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.1-0.20190409021438-1a26190bd76a+incompatible
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 74b13aea3f..1269f0aaf7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -641,8 +641,10 @@ github.com/rancher/flannel v0.11.0-k3s.2 h1:0GVr5ORAIvcri1LYTE8eMQ+NrRbuPeIniPaW
 github.com/rancher/flannel v0.11.0-k3s.2/go.mod h1:Hn4ZV+eq0LhLZP63xZnxdGwXEoRSxs5sxELxu27M3UA=
 github.com/rancher/helm-controller v0.6.3 h1:tsqSXndQ7Ms8S0mBd2zWOcTV1tiZ4BUYkemYnijNXio=
 github.com/rancher/helm-controller v0.6.3/go.mod h1:ZylsxIMGNADRPRNW+NiBWhrwwks9vnKLQiCHYWb6Bi0=
-github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200714154145-66a8c2ad7f0f h1:qjT80GHkknas1kf1vpwocD52odPMzlkCa5HCysLv1Ck=
-github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200714154145-66a8c2ad7f0f/go.mod h1:WSf6Yb9AZIolRidcbiX2PxEbny0raKRvcj/MLtQCM0w=
+github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200720220621-6d59b814793b h1:CrjGJHpKXr23EIEAvwRwPNbrAgHCoOJUAZJZCE4bGss=
+github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200720220621-6d59b814793b/go.mod h1:SqRrh7tt2R1RVIeogka/NKGZIrWDtUv9fFgGRQRlBlA=
+github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200720235607-04f57e5e1da4 h1:RH6Guq10SDUPakf0ZCvYnfOsqAULyw89YUGlC5l9FKU=
+github.com/rancher/k3s v1.18.3-0.20200720235607-04f57e5e1da4/go.mod h1:SqRrh7tt2R1RVIeogka/NKGZIrWDtUv9fFgGRQRlBlA=
 github.com/rancher/kine v0.4.0 h1:1IhWy3TzjExG8xnj46eyUEWdzqNAD1WrgL4eEBKm6Uc=
 github.com/rancher/kine v0.4.0/go.mod h1:IImtCJ68AIkE+VY/kUI0NkyJL5q5WzO8QvMsSXqbrpA=
 github.com/rancher/kubernetes v1.18.4-k3s1 h1:eTwiRm2Gu8AUDgrda5FK8atZvkh6/3ZDoRFsxmnLvLc=
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
index 6445219867..ad64fe1ed6 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ var (
 		"server":                     copy,
 		"no-flannel":                 drop,
 		"cluster-secret":             drop,
+		"protect-kernel-defaults":    copy,
+		"snapshotter":                copy,
 	})
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/root.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/root.go
index 9fb7a6fde4..8ec337c230 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/root.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rancher/k3s/pkg/version"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/rancher/spur/cli"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func NewApp() *cli.App {
 			Name:        "debug",
 			Usage:       "Turn on debug logs",
 			Destination: &debug,
-			EnvVars:      []string{"K3S_DEBUG"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"RKE2_DEBUG"},
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "profile",
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
index b96257fbec..8f2b9e6554 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ var (
 		"no-flannel":                 drop,
 		"no-deploy":                  drop,
 		"cluster-secret":             drop,
+		"protect-kernel-defaults":    copy,
+		"snapshotter":                copy,
 	})
 )