diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 8fe78e3199..830f78a597 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ K3S_PKG=github.com/rancher/k3s
 RKE2_PKG=github.com/rancher/rke2
 GO=${GO-go}
 GOARCH=${GOARCH:-$("${GO}" env GOARCH)}
-GOOS=${GOOS-$("${GO}" env GOARCH)}
+GOOS=${GOOS:-$("${GO}" env GOOS)}
 if [ -z "$GOOS" ]; then
     if [ "${OS}" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
       GOOS="windows"