diff --git a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
index 2470a7b58e..d1e4b921b9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const versionCore = "0.22.0"
 
 // versionPreRelease is the base pre-release portion of the kind CLI version per
 // Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
-const versionPreRelease = "alpha"
+const versionPreRelease = ""
 
 // gitCommitCount count the commits since the last release.
 // It is injected at build time.