diff --git a/testing/common.sh b/testing/common.sh
index 7f3605e3a01..533112454a2 100644
--- a/testing/common.sh
+++ b/testing/common.sh
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ function install_tenant() {
     value=myminio
     echo "Installing lite tenant for version $1"
 
-    try kubectl apply -k "github.com/minio/operator/testing/tenant\?ref\=$1"
+    try kubectl apply -k "github.com/minio/operator/testing/tenant\?ref\=v${1}"
   fi
 
   echo "Waiting for the tenant statefulset, this indicates the tenant is being fulfilled"