diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
index cbb4d4b1c9..44258f2ccd 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
       { "name": "TARGET_STORAGE",
         "value": "{{ storage_backend }}"
       },
+      { "name": "TARGET_VERSION",
+        "value": "{{ pillar.get('etcd_docker_tag', '2.2.1') }}"
+      },
       { "name": "DATA_DIRECTORY",
         "value": "/var/etcd/data{{ suffix }}"
       }