diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index cce49b3..752a337 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
 	}
 
 	ver := getKubeVersion()
-	path := filepath.Join(cfgDir, ver)
+	switch ver {
+	case "1.9", "1.10":
+		continueWithError(nil, fmt.Sprintf("No CIS spec for %s - using tests from CIS 1.2.0 spec for Kubernetes 1.8\n", ver))
+		ver = "1.8"
+	}
 
+	path := filepath.Join(cfgDir, ver)
 	def := filepath.Join(path, file)
 
 	in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(def)