diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fa4893f05acf73df78e7b264d26df52348bc8793..569d222cd845c5f19104231096bccad7dbc8293c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ image: quay.io/sheogorath/build-ah-engine
 
 before_script:
   - podman login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
-  - '[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ] && export VERSION="$DOH_VERSION"'
 
 variables:
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=m13253/dns-over-https
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ stages:
 build:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - podman build --pull --build-arg VERSION -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG" .
+    - podman build --pull --build-arg VERSION="v$DOH_VERSION" -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG" .
     - echo "Image \"$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG\" Digest:"
     - podman images --format "{{ .Digest }}" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
     - podman push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"