diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
index 81e7c6f90..e0c6e8d00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-image.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"     # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0-rc1, v20.15.10-rc5
+
+env:
+  VERSION: 'some_value'
   
 jobs:
   setup-build-publish: