diff --git a/build/pause/Makefile b/build/pause/Makefile
index 79b44479c5a..1859f6258b2 100644
--- a/build/pause/Makefile
+++ b/build/pause/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= staging-k8s.gcr.io
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/pause
 IMAGE_WITH_ARCH = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 
-TAG = 3.1
+TAG = 3.2
 REV = $(shell git describe --contains --always --match='v*')
 
 # Architectures supported: amd64, arm, arm64, ppc64le and s390x