diff --git a/pkg/agent/agent.go b/pkg/agent/agent.go
index f53d0bec..dce5b48f 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/agent.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (agent *Agent) Run() {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 		vs := strings.Split(info.GitVersion, "-")
-		if err := agent.consoleClient.Ping(vs[0]); err != nil {
+		if err := agent.consoleClient.Ping(strings.TrimPrefix(vs[0], "v")); err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "failed to ping cluster after scheduling syncs")
 		}
 		return false, nil