diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index b189e20..f898e8e 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
 #IMAGE_URLS="http://smoser.brickies.net/ubuntu/ttylinux-uec/ttylinux-uec-amd64-11.2_2.6.35-15_1.tar.gz" # old ttylinux-uec image
 #IMAGE_URLS="http://download.cirros-cloud.net/${CIRROS_VERSION}/cirros-${CIRROS_VERSION}-${CIRROS_ARCH}-disk.img" # cirros full disk image
 
-CIRROS_VERSION=${CIRROS_VERSION:-"0.4.0"}
+CIRROS_VERSION=${CIRROS_VERSION:-"0.5.1"}
 CIRROS_ARCH=${CIRROS_ARCH:-"x86_64"}
 
 # Set default image based on ``VIRT_DRIVER`` and ``LIBVIRT_TYPE``, either of