diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index cc5e0181..3ee374f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
         with:
           images: linkedfactory/linkedfactory-pod
+
+      - name: Set version env variable
+        run: echo "PROJECT_VERSION=$(< server/target/classes/version.txt)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@3b5e8027fcad23fda98b2e3ac259d8d67585f671
@@ -50,5 +53,5 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           file: ./docker/Dockerfile
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          tags: linkedfactory/linkedfactory-pod:${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 87173598..67a96098 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -99,5 +99,15 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
+
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>.</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+				<includes>
+					<include>version.txt</include>
+				</includes>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/server/version.txt b/server/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad96e7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+${project.version}