diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows b/Dockerfile.windows
index cceb2d6a8538e537d167a548890ac66880aff608..62a8d3d54e86bac44c5e6d15cd3d7d41a65f0e4f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.windows
+++ b/Dockerfile.windows
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ WORKDIR /source
 # End Dapper stuff
 
 FROM build as windows-runtime-collect
+ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION=dev
+
 # windows runtime image
-ENV KUBERNETES_VERSION="v1.21.3"
 ENV CRICTL_VERSION="v1.21.0"
 ENV CONTAINERD_VERSION="1.5.4"
 ENV WINS_VERSION="0.1.1"