diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
index 36119c05f..f4cc25b5f 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 
 	defaultKubeConfig = filepath.Join(homeDir(), ".kube", "config")
 
-	defaultEtcdImage                  = "etcd:3.5.1-0"
+	defaultEtcdImage                  = "etcd:3.4.13-0"
 	defaultKubeAPIServerImage         = "kube-apiserver:v1.21.7"
 	defaultKubeControllerManagerImage = "kube-controller-manager:v1.21.7"
 )