diff --git a/api/provenance/provenance.go b/api/provenance/provenance.go
index c637ac2e1a..ea5090f66e 100644
--- a/api/provenance/provenance.go
+++ b/api/provenance/provenance.go
@@ -67,18 +67,24 @@ func GetProvenance() Provenance {
 
 	for _, dep := range info.Deps {
 		if dep != nil && dep.Path == "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5" {
-			if dep.Version != "devel" {
+			if dep.Version == developmentVersion {
 				continue
 			}
 			v, err := GetMostRecentTag(*dep)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Printf("failed to get most recent tag for %s: %v\n", dep.Path, err)
-				continue
+				break
 			}
 			p.Version = v
+
+			return p
 		}
 	}
 
+	if info.Main.Version != "" && p.Version == developmentVersion {
+		p.Version = info.Main.Version
+	}
+
 	return p
 }