diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1168dd704..5a8bee7b7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v1.9.7 / 2020-05-24
+
+* [BUGFIX] internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.go: Switch to v1 #1144
+
 ## v1.9.6 / 2020-05-06
 
 * [BUGFIX] Fix VolumeAttachment API version mismatch: expected v1 but watching v1beta1 #1136
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3127295e6a..0490580370 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ At most, 5 kube-state-metrics and 5 [kubernetes releases](https://github.com/kub
 | **v1.6.0**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         -           |          -           |          -           |
 | **v1.7.2**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          -           |          -           |
 | **v1.8.0**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |          -           |
-| **v1.9.6**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |          ✓           |
+| **v1.9.7**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |          ✓           |
 | **master**         |         ✓           |         ✓           |         ✓           |          ✓           |          ✓           |
 - `✓` Fully supported version range.
 - `-` The Kubernetes cluster has features the client-go library can't use (additional API objects, etc).
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ release.
 #### Container Image
 
 The latest container image can be found at:
-* `quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.6`
-* `k8s.gcr.io/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.6`
+* `quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7`
+* `k8s.gcr.io/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7`
 
 **Note**:
 The recommended docker registry for kube-state-metrics is `quay.io`. kube-state-metrics on
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7bc1c40470..fee0a2788b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.6
+1.9.7
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/cluster-role-binding.yaml b/examples/autosharding/cluster-role-binding.yaml
index 7e51592884..6e0ee41932 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/cluster-role-binding.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/cluster-role-binding.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/cluster-role.yaml b/examples/autosharding/cluster-role.yaml
index 77e7b35605..c04db29000 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/cluster-role.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/cluster-role.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/role-binding.yaml b/examples/autosharding/role-binding.yaml
index d6319c20e3..0aa0dde3c0 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/role-binding.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/role-binding.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: RoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/role.yaml b/examples/autosharding/role.yaml
index d57505142d..68986c4549 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/role.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/role.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Role
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
 rules:
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/service-account.yaml b/examples/autosharding/service-account.yaml
index 8bc5e69d59..e0f9abf25b 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/service-account.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/service-account.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/service.yaml b/examples/autosharding/service.yaml
index 50fae3d2c3..f5b488f5ad 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/service.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/service.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
diff --git a/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml b/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
index 72b398d579..c43f991e20 100644
--- a/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/examples/autosharding/statefulset.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.6
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
diff --git a/examples/standard/cluster-role-binding.yaml b/examples/standard/cluster-role-binding.yaml
index 7e51592884..6e0ee41932 100644
--- a/examples/standard/cluster-role-binding.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/cluster-role-binding.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/examples/standard/cluster-role.yaml b/examples/standard/cluster-role.yaml
index 77e7b35605..c04db29000 100644
--- a/examples/standard/cluster-role.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/cluster-role.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/examples/standard/deployment.yaml b/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
index e5abb0578b..b6fa1fba96 100644
--- a/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/deployment.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.6
+      - image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
diff --git a/examples/standard/service-account.yaml b/examples/standard/service-account.yaml
index 8bc5e69d59..e0f9abf25b 100644
--- a/examples/standard/service-account.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/service-account.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/examples/standard/service.yaml b/examples/standard/service.yaml
index 50fae3d2c3..f5b488f5ad 100644
--- a/examples/standard/service.yaml
+++ b/examples/standard/service.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.6
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: v1.9.7
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
diff --git a/internal/store/builder.go b/internal/store/builder.go
index 70cb8c6e75..22383c122c 100644
--- a/internal/store/builder.go
+++ b/internal/store/builder.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (b *Builder) buildLimitRangeStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) buildMutatingWebhookConfigurationStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
-	return b.buildStore(mutatingWebhookConfigurationMetricFamilies, &admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{}, createMutatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch)
+	return b.buildStore(mutatingWebhookConfigurationMetricFamilies, &admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{}, createMutatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch)
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) buildNamespaceStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (b *Builder) buildCsrStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) buildValidatingWebhookConfigurationStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
-	return b.buildStore(validatingWebhookConfigurationMetricFamilies, &admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{}, createValidatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch)
+	return b.buildStore(validatingWebhookConfigurationMetricFamilies, &admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{}, createValidatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch)
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) buildVolumeAttachmentStore() *metricsstore.MetricsStore {
diff --git a/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.go b/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.go
index 9adbb3e1c7..57a0d61504 100644
--- a/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.go
+++ b/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package store
 
 import (
-	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_mutatingwebhookconfiguration_info",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Information about the MutatingWebhookConfiguration.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				return &metric.Family{
 					Metrics: []*metric.Metric{
 						{
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_mutatingwebhookconfiguration_created",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Unix creation timestamp.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				ms := []*metric.Metric{}
 
 				if !mwc.CreationTimestamp.IsZero() {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_mutatingwebhookconfiguration_metadata_resource_version",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Resource version representing a specific version of the MutatingWebhookConfiguration.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(mwc *admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				return &metric.Family{
 					Metrics: resourceVersionMetric(mwc.ObjectMeta.ResourceVersion),
 				}
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ var (
 func createMutatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch(kubeClient clientset.Interface, ns string) cache.ListerWatcher {
 	return &cache.ListWatch{
 		ListFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
-			return kubeClient.AdmissionregistrationV1beta1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations().List(opts)
+			return kubeClient.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations().List(opts)
 		},
 		WatchFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
-			return kubeClient.AdmissionregistrationV1beta1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations().Watch(opts)
+			return kubeClient.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations().Watch(opts)
 		},
 	}
 }
 
-func wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(f func(*admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family) func(interface{}) *metric.Family {
+func wrapMutatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(f func(*admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family) func(interface{}) *metric.Family {
 	return func(obj interface{}) *metric.Family {
-		mutatingWebhookConfiguration := obj.(*admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration)
+		mutatingWebhookConfiguration := obj.(*admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration)
 
 		metricFamily := f(mutatingWebhookConfiguration)
 
diff --git a/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go b/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
index a387b34016..c78a0ab0fd 100644
--- a/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/mutatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/pkg/metric"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestMutatingWebhookConfigurationStore(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cases := []generateMetricsTestCase{
 		{
-			Obj: &admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{
+			Obj: &admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:            "mutatingwebhookconfiguration1",
 					Namespace:       "ns1",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestMutatingWebhookConfigurationStore(t *testing.T) {
 			MetricNames: []string{"kube_mutatingwebhookconfiguration_info", "kube_mutatingwebhookconfiguration_metadata_resource_version"},
 		},
 		{
-			Obj: &admissionregistration.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{
+			Obj: &admissionregistrationv1.MutatingWebhookConfiguration{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:              "mutatingwebhookconfiguration2",
 					Namespace:         "ns2",
diff --git a/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration.go b/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration.go
index 4e0ae6610d..7742332c1f 100644
--- a/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration.go
+++ b/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package store
 
 import (
-	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_validatingwebhookconfiguration_info",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Information about the ValidatingWebhookConfiguration.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				return &metric.Family{
 					Metrics: []*metric.Metric{
 						{
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_validatingwebhookconfiguration_created",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Unix creation timestamp.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				ms := []*metric.Metric{}
 
 				if !vwc.CreationTimestamp.IsZero() {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var (
 			Name: "kube_validatingwebhookconfiguration_metadata_resource_version",
 			Type: metric.Gauge,
 			Help: "Resource version representing a specific version of the ValidatingWebhookConfiguration.",
-			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
+			GenerateFunc: wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(func(vwc *admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family {
 				return &metric.Family{
 					Metrics: resourceVersionMetric(vwc.ObjectMeta.ResourceVersion),
 				}
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ func createValidatingWebhookConfigurationListWatch(kubeClient clientset.Interfac
 	}
 }
 
-func wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(f func(*admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family) func(interface{}) *metric.Family {
+func wrapValidatingWebhookConfigurationFunc(f func(*admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration) *metric.Family) func(interface{}) *metric.Family {
 	return func(obj interface{}) *metric.Family {
-		mutatingWebhookConfiguration := obj.(*admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration)
+		mutatingWebhookConfiguration := obj.(*admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration)
 
 		metricFamily := f(mutatingWebhookConfiguration)
 
diff --git a/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go b/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
index f69f1ddc56..e0ba7d3f51 100644
--- a/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/validatingwebhookconfiguration_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	admissionregistration "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/pkg/metric"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestValidatingWebhookConfigurationStore(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cases := []generateMetricsTestCase{
 		{
-			Obj: &admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{
+			Obj: &admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:            "validatingwebhookconfiguration1",
 					Namespace:       "ns1",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestValidatingWebhookConfigurationStore(t *testing.T) {
 			MetricNames: []string{"kube_validatingwebhookconfiguration_info", "kube_validatingwebhookconfiguration_metadata_resource_version"},
 		},
 		{
-			Obj: &admissionregistration.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{
+			Obj: &admissionregistrationv1.ValidatingWebhookConfiguration{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:              "validatingwebhookconfiguration2",
 					Namespace:         "ns2",
diff --git a/tests/manifests/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml b/tests/manifests/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
index 82ce030e6e..8869db6225 100644
--- a/tests/manifests/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
+++ b/tests/manifests/mutatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
 kind: MutatingWebhookConfiguration
 metadata:
   name: example-mutatingwebhookconfiguration
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ webhooks:
       namespace: apples
       path: /apple
     caBundle: "YXBwbGVz"
+  admissionReviewVersions: ["v1", "v1beta1"]
+  sideEffects: None
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
   namespaceSelector:
     matchExpressions:
     - key: production