diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
index d69efe2f011..591e7a05bef 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ func updatePipelineRunStatusFromChildRefs(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, pr *v1beta1
 			childRefByName[tr.Name] = &v1beta1.ChildStatusReference{
 				TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{
 					APIVersion: v1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-					Kind:       "TaskRun",
+					Kind:       pipeline.TaskRunControllerName,
 				},
 				Name:             tr.Name,
 				PipelineTaskName: pipelineTaskName,
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ func updatePipelineRunStatusFromChildRefs(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, pr *v1beta1
 			childRefByName[r.Name] = &v1beta1.ChildStatusReference{
 				TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{
 					APIVersion: v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-					Kind:       "Run",
+					Kind:       pipeline.RunControllerName,
 				},
 				Name:             r.Name,
 				PipelineTaskName: pipelineTaskName,
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
index 01713529bb1..cad73e8448d 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (state PipelineRunState) GetChildReferences() []v1beta1.ChildStatusReferenc
 func (rprt *ResolvedPipelineRunTask) getChildRefForRun() v1beta1.ChildStatusReference {
 	return v1beta1.ChildStatusReference{
 		TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{
-			APIVersion: rprt.Run.APIVersion,
+			APIVersion: v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
 			Kind:       pipeline.RunControllerName,
 		},
 		Name:             rprt.RunName,
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func (rprt *ResolvedPipelineRunTask) getChildRefForRun() v1beta1.ChildStatusRefe
 func (rprt *ResolvedPipelineRunTask) getChildRefForTaskRun(taskRun *v1beta1.TaskRun) v1beta1.ChildStatusReference {
 	return v1beta1.ChildStatusReference{
 		TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{
-			APIVersion: taskRun.APIVersion,
+			APIVersion: v1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
 			Kind:       pipeline.TaskRunControllerName,
 		},
 		Name:             taskRun.Name,