diff --git a/.github/scripts/release-version-update.sh b/.github/scripts/release-version-update.sh
index 79136e1f9b..002c1e3c22 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release-version-update.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release-version-update.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DEBUG=${DEBUG:-"false"}
 
 DOCS_TO_UPDATE_FOLDER=${ROOTDIR}/docs/content
 FILES_TO_UPDATE_IC_VERSION=(
+    "${ROOTDIR}/.github/data/version.txt"
     "${ROOTDIR}/README.md"
     "${DEPLOYMENT_PATH}/daemon-set/nginx-ingress.yaml"
     "${DEPLOYMENT_PATH}/daemon-set/nginx-plus-ingress.yaml"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ FILES_TO_UPDATE_IC_VERSION=(
     "${HELM_CHART_PATH}/values.yaml"
 )
 FILE_TO_UPDATE_HELM_CHART_VERSION=(
+    "${ROOTDIR}/.github/data/version.txt"
     "${HELM_CHART_PATH}/Chart.yaml"
 )