diff --git a/e2e/etcd_release_upgrade_test.go b/e2e/etcd_release_upgrade_test.go
index cb2ee34d3..af958e892 100644
--- a/e2e/etcd_release_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/e2e/etcd_release_upgrade_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/testutil"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/version"
 )
 
 // TestReleaseUpgrade ensures that changes to master branch does not affect
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func TestReleaseUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	// so there's a window at boot time where it doesn't have V3rpcCapability enabled
 	// poll /version until etcdcluster is >2.3.x before making v3 requests
 	for i := 0; i < 7; i++ {
-		if err = cURLGet(epc, cURLReq{endpoint: "/version", expected: `"etcdcluster":"3.1`}); err != nil {
+		if err = cURLGet(epc, cURLReq{endpoint: "/version", expected: `"etcdcluster":"` + version.Cluster(version.Version)}); err != nil {
 			t.Logf("#%d: v3 is not ready yet (%v)", i, err)
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 			continue