diff --git a/script/setup/install-runhcs-shim b/script/setup/install-runhcs-shim
index 674de52eb..77a07b056 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-runhcs-shim
+++ b/script/setup/install-runhcs-shim
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 
-: ${RUNHCS_VERSION:="$(grep 'Microsoft/hcsshim ' go.mod | awk '{print $2}')"}
+scripts_path="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+: ${RUNHCS_VERSION:="$(cat $scripts_path/runhcs-version)"}
 : ${RUNHCS_REPO:="https://github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim.git"}
 : ${HCSSHIM_SRC:=''}
 : ${DESTDIR:=''}
diff --git a/script/setup/runhcs-version b/script/setup/runhcs-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf057dbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/setup/runhcs-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v0.10.0