diff --git a/roles/codimd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/codimd/defaults/main.yml
index 895dafae18cec734e1c49e3a8c8a1e5457064f43..20c32f8010715da6e06f31eceb2427b8a4f14413 100644
--- a/roles/codimd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/codimd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ codimd_version: 1.7.1
 codimd_postgres_version: 11.8
 
 # The image tags that should be used (templated using the versions provided above)
-codimd_image_version: "{{ codimd_version }}"
+codimd_image_version: "{{ codimd_version }}-debian"
 codimd_postgres_image_version: "{{ codimd_postgres_version }}-alpine"
 
 # SELinux level for codimd and the database, which are applied to their data folders and the containers.