diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5eb6f73..1dc7f07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
 
 .PHONY: envtest
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
-ENVTEST_VERSION ?= latest
+ENVTEST_VERSION ?= release-0.21
 envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
 $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
 	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@$(ENVTEST_VERSION)