diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-attacher/README.md b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-attacher/README.md
index ee21fe01268..a8766137cd0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-attacher/README.md
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-attacher/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-attacher/blob/<version>/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-attacher/blob/VERSION/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-provisioner/README.md b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-provisioner/README.md
index d019a806141..982a1adae98 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-provisioner/README.md
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-provisioner/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner/blob/<version>/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner/blob/VERSION/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-resizer/README.md b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-resizer/README.md
index f4407c71391..4e7e248a7ff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-resizer/README.md
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-resizer/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-resizer/blob/<version>/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-resizer/blob/VERSION/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshotter/README.md b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshotter/README.md
index 691e511ef28..d96fc148794 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshotter/README.md
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshotter/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/blob/<version>/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+The original file is https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/blob/VERSION/deploy/kubernetes/rbac.yaml