diff --git a/lib/manager/docker/package.js b/lib/manager/docker/package.js
index 2acd4481ec92fee7c4b88fa6b7634341ee94cfda..1bd05fd0236cb5d5a89e9e718b032996541dddfa 100644
--- a/lib/manager/docker/package.js
+++ b/lib/manager/docker/package.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ async function getPackageUpdates(config) {
       upgrade.newTag = currentTag || 'latest';
       upgrade.newDigest = newDigest;
       upgrade.newDigestShort = newDigest.slice(7, 13);
+      upgrade.newVersion = upgrade.newDigestShort;
       if (dockerRegistry) {
         upgrade.newFrom = `${dockerRegistry}/`;
       } else {
diff --git a/test/manager/docker/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/docker/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
index cca826b1e1e6958782a72d1a5e7794b6ef770279..d72e9e9742c994934e88633be1effae91a8cff7b 100644
--- a/test/manager/docker/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/docker/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Array [
     "newDigestShort": "one",
     "newFrom": "some-dep:1.0.0-something@sha256:one",
     "newTag": "1.0.0-something",
+    "newVersion": "one",
     "type": "pin",
   },
   Object {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ Array [
     "newDigestShort": "123456",
     "newFrom": "docker.io/some-dep:1.0.0@sha256:1234567890",
     "newTag": "1.0.0",
+    "newVersion": "123456",
     "type": "digest",
   },
 ]