Minikube v1.36.0 ISO shows internal version as v1.35.0, causing "Image was not built" warning

[nyogendran]

What Happened?

Minikube Version:

• CLI: v1.36.0
• ISO (internally reported): v1.35.0

Operating System:

• macOS Darwin 15.5 (El Capitan)

Driver:

• HyperKit

What happened:

After upgrading the Minikube CLI from v1.35.0 to v1.36.0 and attempting to create a new cluster (even after minikube delete and clearing caches like ~/.minikube/cache/ and ~/.minikube/machines/), I consistently receive the following warning:
❗ Image was not built for the current minikube version. To resolve this you can delete and recreate your minikube cluster using the latest images. Expected minikube version: v1.35.0 -> Actual minikube version: v1.36.0

The cluster creation proceeds, and Kubernetes (e.g., v1.33.1) seems to start, but this warning persists.

Diagnosis:

I SSH'd into the Minikube VM (minikube ssh) created by the v1.36.0 CLI and checked the content of /version.json. It reported:

{
  "iso_version": "v1.35.0-1747341198-20771",
  "kicbase_version": "v0.0.46-1747264594-20764",
  "minikube_version": "v1.35.0",
  "commit": "1d2a534581c8e170c41e848d290ed4ff82c01157"
}

 % minikube version
minikube version: v1.36.0
commit: f8f52f5de11fc6ad8244afac475e1d0f96841df1

Attach the log file

log.txt

Operating System

macOS (Default)

Driver

HyperKit