diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 8c3f55f..a2fb625 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ jobs:
             docker-daemon:${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}
 
           COMMIT_ID=$(git log -1 --format=%H)
+          DESCRIPTION=$(yq .description rockcraft.yaml | xargs)
           
           # Add relevant labels
-          echo "FROM ${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" | docker build --label org.opencontainers.image.revision="${COMMIT_ID}" --label org.opencontainers.image.source="${{ github.repositoryUrl }}" -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" -
+          echo "FROM ${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" | docker build --label org.opencontainers.image.description="${DESCRIPTION}" --label org.opencontainers.image.revision="${COMMIT_ID}" --label org.opencontainers.image.source="${{ github.repositoryUrl }}" -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" -
 
           echo "Publishing ${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}"          
           docker push ${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}