diff --git a/examples/rethinkdb/image/run.sh b/examples/rethinkdb/image/run.sh
index 3457492448..13f41ed472 100644
--- a/examples/rethinkdb/image/run.sh
+++ b/examples/rethinkdb/image/run.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [[ -n "${KUBERNETES_RO_SERVICE_HOST}" ]]; then
   : ${NAMESPACE:=rethinkdb}
   # try to pick up first different ip from endpoints
   MYHOST=$(ip addr | grep 'state UP' -A2 | tail -n1 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f1  -d'/')
-  URL="${KUBERNETES_RO_SERVICE_HOST}/api/v1beta3/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/endpoints/rethinkdb-driver"
+  URL="${KUBERNETES_RO_SERVICE_HOST}/api/v1/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/endpoints/rethinkdb-driver"
   IP=$(curl -s ${URL} | jq -s -r --arg h "${MYHOST}" '.[0].subsets | .[].addresses | [ .[].IP ] | map(select(. != $h)) | .[0]') || exit 1
   [[ "${IP}" == null ]] && IP=""
 fi