diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 05d29566f..2adeaaa65 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ DOCKER=DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker
 all: gce-pd-driver gce-pd-driver-windows
 gce-pd-driver:
 	mkdir -p bin
-	go build -mod=vendor -ldflags "-X main.vendorVersion=${STAGINGVERSION}" -o bin/${DRIVERBINARY} ./cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/
+	go build -mod=vendor -ldflags "-X main.version=${STAGINGVERSION}" -o bin/${DRIVERBINARY} ./cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/
 
 gce-pd-driver-windows:
 	mkdir -p bin
-	GOOS=windows go build -mod=vendor -ldflags -X=main.vendorVersion=$(STAGINGVERSION) -o bin/${DRIVERWINDOWSBINARY} ./cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/
+	GOOS=windows go build -mod=vendor -ldflags -X=main.version=$(STAGINGVERSION) -o bin/${DRIVERWINDOWSBINARY} ./cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/
 
 build-container: require-GCE_PD_CSI_STAGING_IMAGE
 	$(DOCKER) build --build-arg TAG=$(STAGINGVERSION) -t $(STAGINGIMAGE):$(STAGINGVERSION) .
diff --git a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
index e61f0f0c8..02bd71a02 100644
--- a/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gce-pd-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 	endpoint             = flag.String("endpoint", "unix:/tmp/csi.sock", "CSI endpoint")
 	runControllerService = flag.Bool("run-controller-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its controller service (default: true)")
 	runNodeService       = flag.Bool("run-node-service", true, "If set to false then the CSI driver does not activate its node service (default: true)")
-	vendorVersion        string
+	version              string
 )
 
 const (
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ func main() {
 func handle() {
 	var err error
 
-	if vendorVersion == "" {
-		klog.Fatalf("vendorVersion must be set at compile time")
+	if version == "" {
+		klog.Fatalf("version must be set at compile time")
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Driver vendor version %v", vendorVersion)
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Driver vendor version %v", version)
 
 	gceDriver := driver.GetGCEDriver()
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func handle() {
 	//Initialize requirements for the controller service
 	var controllerServer *driver.GCEControllerServer
 	if *runControllerService {
-		cloudProvider, err := gce.CreateCloudProvider(ctx, vendorVersion, *cloudConfigFilePath)
+		cloudProvider, err := gce.CreateCloudProvider(ctx, version, *cloudConfigFilePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Fatalf("Failed to get cloud provider: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func handle() {
 		nodeServer = driver.NewNodeServer(gceDriver, mounter, deviceUtils, meta, statter)
 	}
 
-	err = gceDriver.SetupGCEDriver(driverName, vendorVersion, identityServer, controllerServer, nodeServer)
+	err = gceDriver.SetupGCEDriver(driverName, version, identityServer, controllerServer, nodeServer)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to initialize GCE CSI Driver: %v", err)
 	}