diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index ae98fbbcc2dc..8fa288f04014 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "k3s";
+  version = k3sVersion;
 
   # Important utilities used by  the kubelet, see
   # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/26093#issuecomment-237202494