diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
index 1eea15f45..404c5d3cd 100644
--- a/build.env
+++ b/build.env
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 # get proporly expanded.
 #
 
+# cephcsi image version
+CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=v3.2.0
+
 # Ceph version to use
 BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/ceph/ceph:v15
 CEPH_VERSION=nautilus