diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index d782f14cd614..b9d219ef682a 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION_CRICTL" ]; then
 fi
 
 VERSION_K8S_K3S=$(get-module-version k8s.io/kubernetes)
-VERSION_K8S=${VERSION_K8S_K3S%"-k3s2"}
+VERSION_K8S=${VERSION_K8S_K3S%-k3s*}
 if [ -z "$VERSION_K8S" ]; then
     VERSION_K8S="v0.0.0"
 fi