diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/compatibility_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/compatibility_test.go
index 06e793a518..903b08b883 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/compatibility_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider/defaults/compatibility_test.go
@@ -349,7 +349,17 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			{"name": "TaintTolerationPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "InterPodAffinityPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "MostRequestedPriority",   "weight": 2}
-		  ]
+		  ],"extenders": [{
+			"urlPrefix":        "/prefix",
+			"filterVerb":       "filter",
+			"prioritizeVerb":   "prioritize",
+			"weight":           1,
+			"BindVerb":         "bind",
+			"enableHttps":      true,
+			"tlsConfig":        {"Insecure":true},
+			"httpTimeout":      1,
+			"nodeCacheCapable": true
+		  }]
 		}`,
 			ExpectedPolicy: schedulerapi.Policy{
 				Predicates: []schedulerapi.PredicatePolicy{
@@ -382,6 +392,17 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinityPriority", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "MostRequestedPriority", Weight: 2},
 				},
+				ExtenderConfigs: []schedulerapi.ExtenderConfig{{
+					URLPrefix:        "/prefix",
+					FilterVerb:       "filter",
+					PrioritizeVerb:   "prioritize",
+					Weight:           1,
+					BindVerb:         "bind", // 1.7 was missing json tags on the BindVerb field and required "BindVerb"
+					EnableHTTPS:      true,
+					TLSConfig:        &restclient.TLSClientConfig{Insecure: true},
+					HTTPTimeout:      1,
+					NodeCacheCapable: true,
+				}},
 			},
 		},
 		// Do not change this JSON after the corresponding release has been tagged.
@@ -419,7 +440,17 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			{"name": "TaintTolerationPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "InterPodAffinityPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "MostRequestedPriority",   "weight": 2}
-		  ]
+		  ],"extenders": [{
+			"urlPrefix":        "/prefix",
+			"filterVerb":       "filter",
+			"prioritizeVerb":   "prioritize",
+			"weight":           1,
+			"bindVerb":         "bind",
+			"enableHttps":      true,
+			"tlsConfig":        {"Insecure":true},
+			"httpTimeout":      1,
+			"nodeCacheCapable": true
+		  }]
 		}`,
 			ExpectedPolicy: schedulerapi.Policy{
 				Predicates: []schedulerapi.PredicatePolicy{
@@ -453,6 +484,17 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinityPriority", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "MostRequestedPriority", Weight: 2},
 				},
+				ExtenderConfigs: []schedulerapi.ExtenderConfig{{
+					URLPrefix:        "/prefix",
+					FilterVerb:       "filter",
+					PrioritizeVerb:   "prioritize",
+					Weight:           1,
+					BindVerb:         "bind", // 1.8 became case-insensitive and tolerated "bindVerb"
+					EnableHTTPS:      true,
+					TLSConfig:        &restclient.TLSClientConfig{Insecure: true},
+					HTTPTimeout:      1,
+					NodeCacheCapable: true,
+				}},
 			},
 		},
 		// Do not change this JSON after the corresponding release has been tagged.
@@ -491,7 +533,17 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			{"name": "TaintTolerationPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "InterPodAffinityPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "MostRequestedPriority",   "weight": 2}
-		  ]
+		  ],"extenders": [{
+			"urlPrefix":        "/prefix",
+			"filterVerb":       "filter",
+			"prioritizeVerb":   "prioritize",
+			"weight":           1,
+			"bindVerb":         "bind",
+			"enableHttps":      true,
+			"tlsConfig":        {"Insecure":true},
+			"httpTimeout":      1,
+			"nodeCacheCapable": true
+		  }]
 		}`,
 			ExpectedPolicy: schedulerapi.Policy{
 				Predicates: []schedulerapi.PredicatePolicy{
@@ -526,8 +578,20 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinityPriority", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "MostRequestedPriority", Weight: 2},
 				},
+				ExtenderConfigs: []schedulerapi.ExtenderConfig{{
+					URLPrefix:        "/prefix",
+					FilterVerb:       "filter",
+					PrioritizeVerb:   "prioritize",
+					Weight:           1,
+					BindVerb:         "bind", // 1.9 was case-insensitive and tolerated "bindVerb"
+					EnableHTTPS:      true,
+					TLSConfig:        &restclient.TLSClientConfig{Insecure: true},
+					HTTPTimeout:      1,
+					NodeCacheCapable: true,
+				}},
 			},
 		},
+
 		// Do not change this JSON after the corresponding release has been tagged.
 		// A failure indicates backwards compatibility with the specified release was broken.
 		"1.10": {
@@ -565,7 +629,19 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			{"name": "TaintTolerationPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "InterPodAffinityPriority",   "weight": 2},
 			{"name": "MostRequestedPriority",   "weight": 2}
-		  ]
+		  ],"extenders": [{
+			"urlPrefix":        "/prefix",
+			"filterVerb":       "filter",
+			"prioritizeVerb":   "prioritize",
+			"weight":           1,
+			"bindVerb":         "bind",
+			"enableHttps":      true,
+			"tlsConfig":        {"Insecure":true},
+			"httpTimeout":      1,
+			"nodeCacheCapable": true,
+			"managedResources": [{"name":"example.com/foo","ignoredByScheduler":true}],
+			"ignorable":true
+		  }]
 		}`,
 			ExpectedPolicy: schedulerapi.Policy{
 				Predicates: []schedulerapi.PredicatePolicy{
@@ -601,6 +677,19 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinityPriority", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "MostRequestedPriority", Weight: 2},
 				},
+				ExtenderConfigs: []schedulerapi.ExtenderConfig{{
+					URLPrefix:        "/prefix",
+					FilterVerb:       "filter",
+					PrioritizeVerb:   "prioritize",
+					Weight:           1,
+					BindVerb:         "bind", // 1.10 was case-insensitive and tolerated "bindVerb"
+					EnableHTTPS:      true,
+					TLSConfig:        &restclient.TLSClientConfig{Insecure: true},
+					HTTPTimeout:      1,
+					NodeCacheCapable: true,
+					ManagedResources: []schedulerapi.ExtenderManagedResource{{Name: v1.ResourceName("example.com/foo"), IgnoredByScheduler: true}},
+					Ignorable:        true,
+				}},
 			},
 		},
 		// Do not change this JSON after the corresponding release has been tagged.
@@ -651,7 +740,19 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					]
 				}
 			}}
-		  ]
+		  ],"extenders": [{
+			"urlPrefix":        "/prefix",
+			"filterVerb":       "filter",
+			"prioritizeVerb":   "prioritize",
+			"weight":           1,
+			"bindVerb":         "bind",
+			"enableHttps":      true,
+			"tlsConfig":        {"Insecure":true},
+			"httpTimeout":      1,
+			"nodeCacheCapable": true,
+			"managedResources": [{"name":"example.com/foo","ignoredByScheduler":true}],
+			"ignorable":true
+		  }]
 		}`,
 			ExpectedPolicy: schedulerapi.Policy{
 				Predicates: []schedulerapi.PredicatePolicy{
@@ -698,6 +799,19 @@ func TestCompatibility_v1_Scheduler(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				ExtenderConfigs: []schedulerapi.ExtenderConfig{{
+					URLPrefix:        "/prefix",
+					FilterVerb:       "filter",
+					PrioritizeVerb:   "prioritize",
+					Weight:           1,
+					BindVerb:         "bind", // 1.11 restored case-sensitivity, but allowed either "BindVerb" or "bindVerb"
+					EnableHTTPS:      true,
+					TLSConfig:        &restclient.TLSClientConfig{Insecure: true},
+					HTTPTimeout:      1,
+					NodeCacheCapable: true,
+					ManagedResources: []schedulerapi.ExtenderManagedResource{{Name: v1.ResourceName("example.com/foo"), IgnoredByScheduler: true}},
+					Ignorable:        true,
+				}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
index 4058d06889..10ea29bb32 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1
 
 import (
+	gojson "encoding/json"
 	"time"
 
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -195,6 +196,18 @@ type ExtenderConfig struct {
 	Ignorable bool `json:"ignorable,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// caseInsensitiveExtenderConfig is a type alias which lets us use the stdlib case-insensitive decoding
+// to preserve compatibility with incorrectly specified scheduler config fields:
+// * BindVerb, which originally did not specify a json tag, and required upper-case serialization in 1.7
+// * TLSConfig, which uses a struct not intended for serialization, and does not include any json tags
+type caseInsensitiveExtenderConfig *ExtenderConfig
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaller interface.
+// This preserves compatibility with incorrect case-insensitive configuration fields.
+func (t *ExtenderConfig) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	return gojson.Unmarshal(b, caseInsensitiveExtenderConfig(t))
+}
+
 // ExtenderArgs represents the arguments needed by the extender to filter/prioritize
 // nodes for a pod.
 type ExtenderArgs struct {