diff --git a/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py b/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
index 6e14ad760..c722c5f8a 100644
--- a/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
@@ -1116,6 +1116,8 @@ async def write_file_to_dest(fname: str, contents: str | bytes) -> None:
 
             if hasattr(self, "version"):
                 ver = self.version
+                if hasattr(self, "tag_version"):
+                    ver = self.tag_version
                 # we don't want to include the version for language stack
                 # containers with the version_in_uid flag set to False, but by
                 # default we include it (for os containers which don't have this