diff --git a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
index 292175cfd8..5dbf6b6474 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/kind/version/version.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const VersionCore = "0.9.0"
 
 // VersionPreRelease is the pre-release portion of the kind CLI version per
 // Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
-const VersionPreRelease = "alpha"
+const VersionPreRelease = ""
 
 // GitCommit is the commit used to build the kind binary, if available.
 // It is injected at build time.