diff --git a/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go b/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
index 20e286b1408..52090b8c6ea 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pod
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/version"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
diff --git a/pkg/pod/pod.go b/pkg/pod/pod.go
index 0455968a9be..3739aa1ca81 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/pod.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package pod
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/version"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline"
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ const (
 
 // These are effectively const, but Go doesn't have such an annotation.
 var (
+	releaseAnnotation      = "tekon.dev/release"
+	releaseAnnotationValue = version.PipelineVersion
+
 	groupVersionKind = schema.GroupVersionKind{
 		Group:   v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
 		Version: v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
@@ -179,6 +183,9 @@ func MakePod(images pipeline.Images, taskRun *v1alpha1.TaskRun, taskSpec v1alpha
 		mergedPodContainers = append(mergedPodContainers, sc)
 	}
 
+	podAnnotations := taskRun.Annotations
+	podAnnotations[releaseAnnotation] = releaseAnnotationValue
+
 	return &corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			// We execute the build's pod in the same namespace as where the build was
@@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ func MakePod(images pipeline.Images, taskRun *v1alpha1.TaskRun, taskSpec v1alpha
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				*metav1.NewControllerRef(taskRun, groupVersionKind),
 			},
-			Annotations: taskRun.Annotations,
+			Annotations: podAnnotations,
 			Labels:      makeLabels(taskRun),
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{