diff --git a/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh b/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
index 0d8e7eb05..e3a89bf2d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/linux/setup.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sudo tdnf install jq-1.7.1-1.azl3 -y
 #used to setcaps for ruby process to read /proc/env
 sudo tdnf install libcap -y
 
-sudo tdnf install telegraf-agent-1.39.3 -y
+sudo tdnf install telegraf-agent-1.40.0 -y
 telegraf_version=$(sudo tdnf list installed | grep telegraf | awk '{print $2}')
 echo "telegraf $telegraf_version" >> packages_version.txt
 mv /usr/bin/telegraf-agent /opt/telegraf