diff --git a/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh b/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
index 18a7e1c227..104ea5adae 100755
--- a/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT
 kube::log::status "Building apiserver"
 "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/kube-apiserver
 
-kube::etcd::start
-
 ETCD_HOST=${ETCD_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
 ETCD_PORT=${ETCD_PORT:-4001}
 API_PORT=${API_PORT:-8050}
 API_HOST=${API_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
 KUBELET_PORT=${KUBELET_PORT:-10250}
 
+kube::etcd::start
+
 # Start kube-apiserver
 kube::log::status "Starting kube-apiserver"
 KUBE_API_VERSIONS="v1" "${KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN}/kube-apiserver" \