diff --git a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
index 0a559937f343a4fc9f95fc23bff147efe95cbd44..37e8c8f95d4319e09deb5c465ddf2ef22802b236 100644
--- a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ function extractPackageFile(content) {
       dep.currentValue = currentValue;
       dep.depName = depName;
       dep.datasource = 'docker';
+      dep.versionScheme = 'docker';
       dep.lookupName = repository;
       deps.push(dep);
     } else {
diff --git a/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
index 9464bb05ebaccf21ebc58502d80de0b2040834e9..ed11ef488eab9629af07c8dd51a7a7358fba8c37 100644
--- a/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Array [
     "depName": "hasura",
     "depType": "container_pull",
     "lookupName": "hasura/graphql-engine",
+    "versionScheme": "docker",
   },
 ]
 `;