diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 4766f01053..12e179c7eb 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ const (
 
 	// Version is the current version of kic
 	Version = "v0.0.6"
+	// SHA of the kic base image
+	baseImageSHA = "53725be5106d1d797dff4041d8c297383f32ab2edeff0a69fc3f50263cf17c79"
 
 	// OverlayImage is the cni plugin used for overlay image, created by kind.
 	// CNI plugin image used for kic drivers created by kind.
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	// BaseImage is the base image is used to spin up kic containers. it uses same base-image as kind.
-	BaseImage = fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:%s@sha256:53725be5106d1d797dff4041d8c297383f32ab2edeff0a69fc3f50263cf17c79", Version)
+	BaseImage = fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:%s@sha256:%s", Version, baseImageSHA)
 )
 
 // Config is configuration for the kic driver used by registry