diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 3df73cc6a..c39d6e2c2 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ This questions are the first thing we need to know to understand the context.
 
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-**NGINX Ingress controller version**:
+**NGINX Ingress controller version** (exec into the pod and run nginx-ingress-controller --version.):
+<!--
+POD_NAMESPACE=ingress-nginx
+POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n $POD_NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+
+kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -n $POD_NAMESPACE -- /nginx-ingress-controller --version  
+-->
 
 **Kubernetes version** (use `kubectl version`):