diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
index fa4d9e2a268..a65ac2ec98b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   buildFlagsArray = ''
     -ldflags=
       -w -s
-      -X github.com/rancher/k3d/v3/version.Version=${version}
+      -X github.com/rancher/k3d/v3/version.Version=v${version}
       -X github.com/rancher/k3d/v3/version.K3sVersion=v${k3sVersion}
   '';