diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
index 9225e2f70f8e..e13134aa6eb5 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ The current default version is Vertical Pod Autoscaler 0.14.0
 
 | VPA version     | Kubernetes version |
 |-----------------|--------------------|
+| 1.0             | 1.25+              |
 | 0.14            | 1.25+              |
 | 0.13            | 1.25+              |
 | 0.12            | 1.25+              |
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
index 29b3dd278e85..2a8537ef4249 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
         - name: admission-controller
-          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-admission-controller:0.14.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-admission-controller:1.0.0
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
index 10bdef97bcd1..5349f2c88349 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:0.14.0
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.0.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
           - --recommender-name=performance
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
index bb7cbcf90076..01408bc173e8 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:0.14.0
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.0.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
           - --recommender-name=frugal
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
index 7714c0626601..6d23ab476d50 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:0.14.0
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.0.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
index eda37a5a9ced..1d826c200dff 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
         - name: updater
-          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:0.14.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:1.0.0
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
index 328f8aaf3f30..94e7ff132be0 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 DEFAULT_REGISTRY="registry.k8s.io/autoscaling"
-DEFAULT_TAG="0.14.0"
+DEFAULT_TAG="1.0.0"
 
 REGISTRY_TO_APPLY=${REGISTRY-$DEFAULT_REGISTRY}
 TAG_TO_APPLY=${TAG-$DEFAULT_TAG}