diff --git a/pkg/version/base.go b/pkg/version/base.go
index 8c9fb1242..43ea2aece 100644
--- a/pkg/version/base.go
+++ b/pkg/version/base.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 	// semantic version is a git hash, but the version itself is no
 	// longer the direct output of "git describe", but a slight
 	// translation to be semver compliant.
-	gitVersion   string = "v1.6.0-beta.2+$Format:%h$"
+	gitVersion   string = "v1.6.0-beta.3+$Format:%h$"
 	gitCommit    string = "$Format:%H$"    // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
 	gitTreeState string = "not a git tree" // state of git tree, either "clean" or "dirty"