diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79903ec3f9..efb72744b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION=$$(cat "./hack/FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION")
 # TANZU_FRAMEWORK_REPO_BRANCH sets a branch or tag to build Tanzu Framework
-TANZU_FRAMEWORK_REPO_BRANCH ?= v0.2.0
+TANZU_FRAMEWORK_REPO_BRANCH ?= v0.2.1
 # if the hash below is set, this overrides the value of TANZU_FRAMEWORK_REPO_BRANCH
 TANZU_FRAMEWORK_REPO_HASH ?=
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.mod b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.mod
index ccf73360be..ac7faf9cca 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.mod
+++ b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0
-	github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210911222624-42af19fd94c5
+	github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210912214555-32133a86029e
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.8.0
 )
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.sum b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.sum
index 4296bf3fde..0000ac9ebe 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.sum
+++ b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/go.sum
@@ -1176,8 +1176,8 @@ github.com/vmware-tanzu/carvel-vendir v0.19.0 h1:4FTeDcxwEuZWdFlFqh+11NqnJciCkkO
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/carvel-vendir v0.19.0/go.mod h1:HF7iLB0NyEFHuCvM0EJ42fERk20l2ImpktJzhSEdqOU=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/cluster-api v0.3.23-0.20210722162135-d31e78c28159 h1:c7sM3NrAQGmTvq57Aw96BBzBO67apYZpZs/51PfjddA=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/cluster-api v0.3.23-0.20210722162135-d31e78c28159/go.mod h1:1DBZEj6GmcWxe77d8YOeac1JIa8ttP21uTHUlAyji2g=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210911222624-42af19fd94c5 h1:k6jUTvtl3htRVUi3PTQPXDR3TtM4xTukG+I21PFQcCc=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210911222624-42af19fd94c5/go.mod h1:xju1ilA4vCv591ZO9b/0y/Hg8X5MwsEZMLIXECqsJJk=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210912214555-32133a86029e h1:XBUtzB2vPsFA6r5/N6PW+id53Citl8qSDSUWKsRjRYI=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework v1.4.0-pre-alpha-2.0.20210912214555-32133a86029e/go.mod h1:xju1ilA4vCv591ZO9b/0y/Hg8X5MwsEZMLIXECqsJJk=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.20.3/go.mod h1:URlwyTFZX72RmxtxuaFL2Uj3fD1JTvZdx59bHWk6aFU=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.23.1 h1:vU09hxnNR/I7e+4zCJvW+5vHu5dO64Aoe2Lw7Yi/KRg=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.23.1/go.mod h1:Y+Wq4lst78L85Ge/F8+ORXIWiKYqaro1vhAulACy9Lc=
diff --git a/hack/FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION b/hack/FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION
index 1474d00f01..22c08f727d 100644
--- a/hack/FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION
+++ b/hack/FRAMEWORK_BUILD_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.2.0
+v0.2.1