diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/set-version.sh b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/set-version.sh
index 9af21950..bb152a80 100755
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/set-version.sh
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/set-version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -z ${KUBELET_VERSION} ]; then
+if [ -n ${KUBELET_VERSION} ]; then
 cat << EOF > pkg/virtualkubelet/version.go
 package main