diff --git a/tekton/publish.yaml b/tekton/publish.yaml
index c4161e6e2ba..d0d78e69ac5 100644
--- a/tekton/publish.yaml
+++ b/tekton/publish.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ spec:
       done
 
       # Rewrite "devel" to inputs.params.versionTag
-      sed -i -e 's/\(pipeline.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(inputs.params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(inputs.params.versionTag)"/g' /workspace/go/src/github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/config/*.yaml
+      sed -i -e 's/\(pipeline.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(inputs.params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): devel/\1: $(inputs.params.versionTag)/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(inputs.params.versionTag)"/g' /workspace/go/src/github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/config/*.yaml
 
       OUTPUT_BUCKET_RELEASE_DIR="/workspace/output/bucket/previous/$(inputs.params.versionTag)"