diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2957dd3..701efda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGE_TAG_LATEST=${DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL}/${DOCKER_REGISTRY_BUCKET}/${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}:latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Build docker image
         run: |
-          docker build . --tag $IMAGE_NAME
+          docker build . --build-arg APP_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION --tag $IMAGE_NAME
       - name: Tag the image
         run: |
           docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $IMAGE_TAG_RELEASE
diff --git a/app/config/settings.py b/app/config/settings.py
index 8a7b9ac..308b651 100644
--- a/app/config/settings.py
+++ b/app/config/settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         default="",
         json_schema_extra={"env": "APP_DESCRIPTION"},
     )
+    app_version: str = Field(
+        default="development",
+        json_schema_extra={"env": "APP_VERSION"},
+    )
     env: str = Field(default="development", json_schema_extra={"env": "APP_ENV"})
 
     cors_allowed_origins: str = Field(
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 99feb7b..560f055 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 app = FastAPI(
     title=settings.app_name,
     description=settings.app_description,
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version=settings.app_version,
 )
 
 app.add_middleware(
diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
index fa14676..c940e26 100644
--- a/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Use official Python slim image
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
+ARG APP_VERSION=development
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # system deps
@@ -17,5 +19,6 @@ COPY . .
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 ENV WORKERS=3
+ENV APP_VERSION=${APP_VERSION}
 
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --proxy-headers --workers ${WORKERS}"]
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index fa52b5a..7d0762e 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # App
 APP_NAME=
 APP_DESCRIPTION=
+APP_VERSION=
 APP_ENV=
 
 # CORS