diff --git a/charts/k3s/values.yaml b/charts/k3s/values.yaml
index 578ada388..8d4762b3a 100644
--- a/charts/k3s/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k3s/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ syncer:
 # Virtual Cluster (k3s) configuration
 vcluster:
   # Image to use for the virtual cluster
-  image: rancher/k3s:v1.22.2-k3s1
+  image: rancher/k3s:v1.21.4-k3s1
   command:
     - /bin/k3s
   baseArgs:
diff --git a/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/app/create/values/k3s.go b/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/app/create/values/k3s.go
index b6b05e973..c70e79290 100644
--- a/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/app/create/values/k3s.go
+++ b/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/app/create/values/k3s.go
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var K3SVersionMap = map[string]string{
-	"1.22": "rancher/k3s:v1.22.2-k3s2",
-	"1.21": "rancher/k3s:v1.21.5-k3s2",
+	"1.21": "rancher/k3s:v1.21.4-k3s1",
 	"1.20": "rancher/k3s:v1.20.11-k3s2",
 	"1.19": "rancher/k3s:v1.19.13-k3s1",
 	"1.18": "rancher/k3s:v1.18.20-k3s1",
@@ -61,10 +60,10 @@ func getDefaultK3SReleaseValues(client kubernetes.Interface, createOptions *crea
 		var ok bool
 		image, ok = K3SVersionMap[serverVersionString]
 		if !ok {
-			if serverMinorInt > 22 {
-				log.Infof("officially unsupported host server version %s, will fallback to virtual cluster version v1.22", serverVersionString)
-				image = K3SVersionMap["1.22"]
-				serverVersionString = "1.22"
+			if serverMinorInt > 21 {
+				log.Infof("officially unsupported host server version %s, will fallback to virtual cluster version v1.21", serverVersionString)
+				image = K3SVersionMap["1.21"]
+				serverVersionString = "1.21"
 			} else {
 				log.Infof("officially unsupported host server version %s, will fallback to virtual cluster version v1.16", serverVersionString)
 				image = K3SVersionMap["1.16"]
diff --git a/devspace.yaml b/devspace.yaml
index 65cc6947a..a9af3319e 100644
--- a/devspace.yaml
+++ b/devspace.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ vars:
   - name: SYNCER_IMAGE
     value: ghcr.io/loft-sh/loft-enterprise/dev-vcluster
   - name: K3S_IMAGE
-    value: rancher/k3s:v1.21.2-k3s1
+    value: rancher/k3s:v1.21.4-k3s1
   # Replace this with your clusters service CIDR, you can find it out via
   # kubectl apply -f hack/wrong-cluster-ip-service.yaml
   - name: SERVICE_CIDR
diff --git a/hack/build-cli.sh b/hack/build-cli.sh
index d64e08262..f0b2472fc 100644
--- a/hack/build-cli.sh
+++ b/hack/build-cli.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor
 # go mod vendor
 
 VCLUSTER_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
 COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
 BUILD_PLATFORM=$(uname -a | awk '{print tolower($1);}')
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ if [[ "$(pwd)" != "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 GO_BUILD_CMD="go build -a"
-GO_BUILD_LDFLAGS="-s -w -X main.commitHash=${COMMIT_HASH} -X main.buildDate=${DATE} -X main.version=${VERSION}"
+GO_BUILD_LDFLAGS="-s -w -X main.commitHash=${COMMIT_HASH} -X main.buildDate=${DATE} -X main.version=${RELEASE_VERSION}"
 
 if [[ -z "${VCLUSTER_BUILD_PLATFORMS}" ]]; then
     VCLUSTER_BUILD_PLATFORMS="linux windows darwin"
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ mkdir -p "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/release"
 cp -a "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/assets/." "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/release/"
 
 # generate vcluster-images.txt
-go run -mod vendor "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/hack/assets/main.go" ${VERSION} > "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/release/vcluster-images.txt"
+go run -mod vendor "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/hack/assets/main.go" ${RELEASE_VERSION} > "${VCLUSTER_ROOT}/release/vcluster-images.txt"
 
 for OS in ${VCLUSTER_BUILD_PLATFORMS[@]}; do
   for ARCH in ${VCLUSTER_BUILD_ARCHS[@]}; do