diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 735c41c1..984288dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Create release
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
+      - master
       - release-**-**
     types: [ closed ]
 
@@ -113,4 +114,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-init-container-image.yml
     with:
       registry: ${{ needs.export-registry.outputs.registry }}
-      init_container_version: ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.init-tag }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      init_container_version: ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.init-tag }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6b6516a..30af12bf 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)"