diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index d240b60d14..5d7caae12a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -82,5 +82,3 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ${{ inputs.image }}:latest 
             ${{ inputs.image }}:${{ inputs.version }}
-          build-args: |
-            VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5d96e4285e..9f038a31fa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 FROM amazoncorretto:11-alpine AS build
 
-ARG VERISON
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY . .
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apk update \
     && apk add apache-ant bash \
     && ant realclean \
     && mkdir -p build lib \
-    && ant -Dversion=$VERSION maven-declare-dependencies artifacts \
+    && ant -Drelease=true artifacts \
     && bash ./SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN \
     && cp build/SCYLLA-* build/dist/