diff --git a/build/BUILD b/build/BUILD
index 6966b707d3..c5657f7d00 100644
--- a/build/BUILD
+++ b/build/BUILD
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ grep ^STABLE_BUILD_SCM_REVISION bazel-out/stable-status.txt \
     stamp = 1,
 )
 
-genrule(
-    name = "cni_package_version",
-    outs = ["cni_version"],
-    cmd = "echo 0.6.0 >$@",
-)
-
 release_filegroup(
     name = "docker-artifacts",
     srcs = [":%s.tar" % binary for binary in DOCKERIZED_BINARIES.keys()] +
diff --git a/build/debs/BUILD b/build/debs/BUILD
index 26e2cc7ca2..e1cbfecceb 100644
--- a/build/debs/BUILD
+++ b/build/debs/BUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:deb.bzl", "k8s_deb", "deb_data")
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:build.bzl", "release_filegroup")
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
-load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
+load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CNI_VERSION", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
 
 # We do not include kube-scheduler, kube-controller-manager,
 # kube-apiserver, and kube-proxy in this list even though we
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ k8s_deb(
         "ethtool",
         "iproute2",
         "iptables (>= 1.4.21)",
-        "kubernetes-cni (>= 0.6.0)",
+        "kubernetes-cni (>= %s)" % CNI_VERSION,
         "mount",
         "socat",
         "util-linux",
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ k8s_deb(
     depends = [
         "kubelet (>= 1.8.0)",
         "kubectl (>= 1.8.0)",
-        "kubernetes-cni (>= 0.6.0)",
+        "kubernetes-cni (>= %s)" % CNI_VERSION,
         "cri-tools (>= 1.11.0)",
     ],
     description = """Kubernetes Cluster Bootstrapping Tool
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ k8s_deb(
     description = """Kubernetes Packaging of CNI
 The Container Networking Interface tools for provisioning container networks.
 """,
-    version_file = "//build:cni_package_version",
+    version = CNI_VERSION,
 )
 
 k8s_deb(
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index cee8962200..d8a6bfb737 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive", "http_file")
 load("//build:workspace_mirror.bzl", "mirror")
-load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
+load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CNI_VERSION", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ http_file(
     name = "kubernetes_cni",
     downloaded_file_path = "kubernetes_cni.tgz",
     sha256 = "f04339a21b8edf76d415e7f17b620e63b8f37a76b2f706671587ab6464411f2d",
-    urls = mirror("https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/network-plugins/cni-plugins-amd64-v0.6.0.tgz"),
+    urls = mirror("https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/network-plugins/cni-plugins-amd64-v%s.tgz" % CNI_VERSION),
 )
 
 http_file(
diff --git a/build/rpms/BUILD b/build/rpms/BUILD
index 8d6b928440..be011df488 100644
--- a/build/rpms/BUILD
+++ b/build/rpms/BUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/pkg:rpm.bzl", "pkg_rpm")
-load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
+load("//build:workspace.bzl", "CNI_VERSION", "CRI_TOOLS_VERSION")
 
 filegroup(
     name = "rpms",
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pkg_rpm(
     ],
     spec_file = "kubernetes-cni.spec",
     tags = ["manual"],
-    version_file = "//build:cni_package_version",
+    version = CNI_VERSION,
 )
 
 pkg_rpm(
diff --git a/build/workspace.bzl b/build/workspace.bzl
index 162839b645..edd2af76e7 100644
--- a/build/workspace.bzl
+++ b/build/workspace.bzl
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 CRI_TOOLS_VERSION = "1.12.0"
+
+CNI_VERSION = "0.6.0"