diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml
index 101c64b1..2f960787 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: {{ inputs.release_version }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release_version }}
 
       - name: Login to ${{ inputs.registry }}
         uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-init-container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-init-container-image.yml
index 46af571f..d05ea217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-init-container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-init-container-image.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: { { inputs.release_version } }
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release_version }}
 
       - name: Login to ${{ inputs.registry }}
         uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37ca23f4..05e71f5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ TEST_CREDENTIALS_JSON ?= $(TEST_CREDENTIALS_DIR)/credentials.json
 TEST_LOGANALYTICS_JSON ?= $(TEST_CREDENTIALS_DIR)/loganalytics.json
 export TEST_CREDENTIALS_JSON TEST_LOGANALYTICS_JSON TEST_AKS_CREDENTIALS_JSON
 
-VERSION ?= v1.6.2
+VERSION ?= v1.6.1
 REGISTRY ?= ghcr.io
 IMG_NAME ?= virtual-kubelet
 INIT_IMG_NAME ?= init-validation
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ E2E_CLUSTER_NAME := $(CLUSTER_NAME)
 OUTPUT_TYPE ?= type=docker
 BUILDPLATFORM ?= linux/amd64
 IMG_TAG ?= $(subst v,,$(VERSION))
-INIT_IMG_TAG ?= v0.3.0
+INIT_IMG_TAG ?= v0.2.0
 
 BUILD_DATE ?= $(shell date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
 VERSION_FLAGS := "-ldflags=-X main.buildVersion=$(IMG_TAG) -X main.buildTime=$(BUILD_DATE)"