diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/images/prow-gke-release-staging-rc-master/image.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/images/prow-gke-release-staging-rc-master/image.yaml
index 65fa9719a..d5aa3dbde 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/images/prow-gke-release-staging-rc-master/image.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/images/prow-gke-release-staging-rc-master/image.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ metadata:
 imageTag:
   name: gke.gcr.io/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver
   newName: gcr.io/gke-release-staging/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver
-  newTag: "v1.2.1-rc1"
+  newTag: "v1.3.0-rc1"
 ---
 
 apiVersion: builtin