diff --git a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
index f5a357e5..b6e5b5f2 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const versionCore = "0.30.0"
 
 // versionPreRelease is the base pre-release portion of the kind CLI version per
 // Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
-var versionPreRelease = "alpha"
+var versionPreRelease = ""
 
 // gitCommitCount count the commits since the last release.
 // It is injected at build time.