diff --git a/cmd/plugin/ingress-nginx.yaml.tmpl b/cmd/plugin/ingress-nginx.yaml.tmpl
index 1283cb7f3..9fce2d92d 100644
--- a/cmd/plugin/ingress-nginx.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/plugin/ingress-nginx.yaml.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spec:
   shortDescription: Interact with ingress-nginx
   description: |
     The official kubectl plugin for ingress-nginx.
-  version: v%%%tag%%%
+  version: %%%tag%%%
   homepage: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/kubectl-plugin/
   platforms:
   - uri: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/download/nginx-%%%tag%%%/kubectl-ingress_nginx-darwin-arm64.tar.gz