diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index feaba83ed9b..32707393a9c 100755
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ readonly KUBE_GCS_DELETE_EXISTING="${KUBE_GCS_DELETE_EXISTING:-n}"
 
 # Constants
 readonly KUBE_BUILD_IMAGE_REPO=kube-build
-readonly KUBE_BUILD_IMAGE_CROSS_TAG="$(cat build/build-image/cross/VERSION)"
+readonly KUBE_BUILD_IMAGE_CROSS_TAG="$(cat ${KUBE_ROOT}/build/build-image/cross/VERSION)"
 # KUBE_BUILD_DATA_CONTAINER_NAME=kube-build-data-<hash>"
 
 # Here we map the output directories across both the local and remote _output