diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 832da1ee5..ae51947de 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_WORK "$(mkdir -p "$GOPATH/pkg" && mktemp -d "$GOPATH/pkg/csip
 #
 # When no deploy script is found (nothing in `deploy` directory,
 # CSI_PROW_HOSTPATH_REPO=none), nothing gets deployed.
-configvar CSI_PROW_HOSTPATH_VERSION "v1.2.0" "hostpath driver"
+configvar CSI_PROW_HOSTPATH_VERSION "v1.3.0-rc2" "hostpath driver"
 configvar CSI_PROW_HOSTPATH_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-host-path "hostpath repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT "" "deployment"
 configvar CSI_PROW_HOSTPATH_DRIVER_NAME "hostpath.csi.k8s.io" "the hostpath driver name"