diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6d1218671a46d41aa6428298c1f06073e99077eb..5aed6f383e1ae12efd476bd5817af72b6eeeda76 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ COPY --chown=nonroot:nonroot . .
 # venv
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/app/venv
 ARG RELEASE_VERSION=default
+ENV RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}
 # python setup
 RUN python -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"