diff --git a/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx b/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
index 1b6d1b8335..e25fcab249 100644
--- a/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
+++ b/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
@@ -1422,6 +1422,8 @@ struct ExportedManifestDiff final
   ::std::uint64_t n_added;
   // The size of total number of added packages in the next upgrade
   ::std::uint64_t added_size;
+  // The version of the next upgrade
+  ::rust::String version;
 
   using IsRelocatable = ::std::true_type;
 };
diff --git a/rpmostree-cxxrs.h b/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
index cb7ff4116b..d501bf47c1 100644
--- a/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
+++ b/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
@@ -1199,6 +1199,8 @@ struct ExportedManifestDiff final
   ::std::uint64_t n_added;
   // The size of total number of added packages in the next upgrade
   ::std::uint64_t added_size;
+  // The version of the next upgrade
+  ::rust::String version;
 
   using IsRelocatable = ::std::true_type;
 };
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index f1d971762a..2fadfe117f 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ pub mod ffi {
         pub n_added: u64,
         /// The size of total number of added packages in the next upgrade
         pub added_size: u64,
+        /// The version of the next upgrade
+        pub version: String,
     }
 
     #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
diff --git a/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs b/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
index aff1abf890..fd1bec8dd6 100644
--- a/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
+++ b/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ impl From<Box<ostree_container::store::LayeredImageState>> for crate::ffi::Conta
             .cached_update
             .map(|c| {
                 let diff = ManifestDiff::new(&s.manifest, &c.manifest);
-                export_diff(&diff)
+                let version = ostree_container::version_for_config(&c.config)
+                    .map(ToOwned::to_owned)
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                export_diff(&diff, version)
             })
             .unwrap_or_default();
         crate::ffi::ContainerImageState {
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_container_update(
 
 /// Unfortunately we can't export external types into our C++ bridge, so manually copy things
 /// to another copy of the struct.
-fn export_diff(diff: &ManifestDiff) -> ExportedManifestDiff {
+fn export_diff(diff: &ManifestDiff, version: String) -> ExportedManifestDiff {
     ExportedManifestDiff {
         initialized: true,
         total: diff.total,
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ fn export_diff(diff: &ManifestDiff) -> ExportedManifestDiff {
         removed_size: diff.removed_size,
         n_added: diff.n_added,
         added_size: diff.added_size,
+        version,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
index 65617364bd..43229bc89b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
@@ -786,7 +786,9 @@ rpmostreed_update_generate_variant (OstreeDeployment *booted_deployment,
               auto state = rpmostreecxx::query_container_image_commit (*repo, current_checksum);
               container_changed
                   = rpmostreecxx::deployment_add_manifest_diff (*dict, state->cached_update_diff);
-              g_variant_dict_insert (dict, "version", "s", state->version.c_str ());
+              if (state->cached_update_diff.version.size () > 0)
+                g_variant_dict_insert (dict, "version", "s",
+                                       state->cached_update_diff.version.c_str ());
               g_debug ("container changed: %d", container_changed);
             }
           catch (std::exception &e)
diff --git a/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-update-check b/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-update-check
index 2d5ab75787..745c44077a 100755
--- a/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-update-check
+++ b/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-update-check
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
     cd ${td}
 cat > Containerfile << EOF
 FROM localhost/fcos
-# RUN rpm-ostree install man
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version 1
 EOF
 
     touched_resolv_conf=0
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ EOF
 cat > Containerfile << EOF
 FROM localhost/fcos
 RUN rpm-ostree install man
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version 2
 EOF
 
   touched_resolv_conf=0
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ EOF
   assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"total-size":'
   assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"total":'
   assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"added-size":'
-  assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"version":'
-  assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"origin":'
+  assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"version": "2"'
+  assert_file_has_content_literal out.txt '"origin": "ostree-unverified-image:containers-storage:localhost/fcos-derived"'
 
 esac