diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/hcloud-csi.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/hcloud-csi.yml
index e7db1eda16d8e192742ee69d51a05ffae6c9a247..6323f9a9e3688a6a02a3a1fc11e28a208f743f44 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/hcloud-csi.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/hcloud-csi.yml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               key: token
               name: hcloud
-        image: hetznercloud/hcloud-csi-driver:latest
+        image: hetznercloud/hcloud-csi-driver:2.1.0-rc.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 5
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ spec:
           value: 0.0.0.0:9189
         - name: ENABLE_METRICS
           value: "true"
-        image: hetznercloud/hcloud-csi-driver:latest
+        image: hetznercloud/hcloud-csi-driver:2.1.0-rc.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 5
diff --git a/driver/driver.go b/driver/driver.go
index 0681199dd2685f6dac2b9fd023666f237d982cdb..a5bddfb893b79ea28566365dbe375068a53e08aa 100644
--- a/driver/driver.go
+++ b/driver/driver.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package driver
 
 const (
 	PluginName    = "csi.hetzner.cloud"
-	PluginVersion = "1.6.0"
+	PluginVersion = "2.1.0-rc.0"
 
 	MaxVolumesPerNode = 16
 	MinVolumeSize     = 10 // GB