diff --git a/cmd/create/createCluster.go b/cmd/create/createCluster.go
index 40365d30..986900c7 100644
--- a/cmd/create/createCluster.go
+++ b/cmd/create/createCluster.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	k3dCluster "github.com/rancher/k3d/pkg/cluster"
 	"github.com/rancher/k3d/pkg/runtimes"
 	k3d "github.com/rancher/k3d/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/rancher/k3d/version"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -54,11 +55,11 @@ func NewCmdCreateCluster() *cobra.Command {
 	/*********
 	 * Flags *
 	 *********/
-	cmd.Flags().StringArrayP("api-port", "a", []string{"6443"}, "Specify the Kubernetes API server port (Format: `--api-port [HOST:]HOSTPORT[@NODEFILTER]`") // TODO: how to handle this for multi-master setups?
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayP("api-port", "a", []string{"6443"}, "Specify the Kubernetes API server port (Format: `--api-port [HOST:]HOSTPORT[@NODEFILTER]`")
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("masters", "m", 1, "Specify how many masters you want to create")
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("workers", "w", 0, "Specify how many workers you want to create")
 	// cmd.Flags().String("config", "", "Specify a cluster configuration file")                                     // TODO: to implement
-	cmd.Flags().String("image", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", k3d.DefaultK3sImageRepo, "v1.0.0"), "Specify k3s image that you want to use for the nodes") // TODO: get image version
+	cmd.Flags().String("image", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", k3d.DefaultK3sImageRepo, version.K3sVersion), "Specify k3s image that you want to use for the nodes")
 	cmd.Flags().String("network", "", "Join an existing network")
 	cmd.Flags().String("secret", "", "Specify a cluster secret. By default, we generate one.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayP("volume", "v", nil, "Mount volumes into the nodes (Format: `--volume [SOURCE:]DEST[@NODEFILTER[;NODEFILTER...]]`")
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 52b3a0b7..771fb214 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ package version
 // Version is the string that contains version
 var Version string
 
-// K3sVersion contains the latest version tag of K3s
-var K3sVersion = "latest"
+// K3sVersion should contain the latest version tag of k3s (hardcoded at build time)
+// we're setting a default version v1.0.0, because it's stable and because the 'latest' tag is not actively maintained
+var K3sVersion = "v1.0.0" // TODO: can we try to dynamically fetch the latest version at runtime and only fallback to this if it fails?
 
 // GetVersion returns the version for cli, it gets it from "git describe --tags" or returns "dev" when doing simple go build
 func GetVersion() string {