diff --git a/api/types/userprovisioning/statichostuser.go b/api/types/userprovisioning/statichostuser.go
index b94c300f0e6b2..0755893c6d5f5 100644
--- a/api/types/userprovisioning/statichostuser.go
+++ b/api/types/userprovisioning/statichostuser.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 func NewStaticHostUser(name string, spec *userprovisioningpb.StaticHostUserSpec) *userprovisioningpb.StaticHostUser {
 	return &userprovisioningpb.StaticHostUser{
 		Kind:    types.KindStaticHostUser,
-		Version: types.V1,
+		Version: types.V2,
 		Metadata: &headerv1.Metadata{
 			Name: name,
 		},