diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_push_to_main.yaml b/.github/workflows/on_push_to_main.yaml
index 46fe08b7..214fc40a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_push_to_main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_push_to_main.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
         with:
           push: true
+          build-args: PREZ_VERSION=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.patch.outputs.patch }}-${{ steps.hash.outputs.value }}
           tags: |
             ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.patch.outputs.patch }}-${{ steps.hash.outputs.value }}
             ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/on_release.yaml
index 60f9ef36..18292472 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_release.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
         with:
           push: true
+          build-args: PREZ_VERSION=${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
           tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
           # Set provenance to false due to issue documented here: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/778
           provenance: false
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 39d2a3f5..8baf51d5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ARG PREZ_VERSION
+
 # Creating a python base with shared environment variables
 FROM python:3.11-slim-buster as builder-base
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ COPY poetry.lock pyproject.toml connegp-0.1.5-py3-none-any.whl ./
 RUN poetry install --only main --no-root --no-ansi
 
 FROM python:3.11-slim-buster
+
+ARG PREZ_VERSION
+ENV PREZ_VERSION=${PREZ_VERSION}
+
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/prez/config.py b/prez/config.py
index 665663c0..619e0d1b 100644
--- a/prez/config.py
+++ b/prez/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from os import environ
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -84,9 +85,14 @@ def check_endpoint_enabled(cls, values):
 
     @root_validator()
     def get_version(cls, values):
-        values["prez_version"] = toml.load(
-            Path(Path(__file__).parent.parent) / "pyproject.toml"
-        )["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+        version = environ.get("PREZ_VERSION")
+        values["prez_version"] = version
+
+        if version is None or version == "":
+            values["prez_version"] = toml.load(
+                Path(Path(__file__).parent.parent) / "pyproject.toml"
+            )["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+
         return values
 
     @root_validator()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19d255c5..3fad305d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "prez"
-version = "3.0.8"
+version = "0.1.0.dev0"
 description = "A python application for displaying linked data on the web"
 authors = ["Jamie Feiss <jamie.feiss@gmail.com>", "Nicholas Car <nick@kurrawong.net>", "David Habgood <dcchabgood@gmail.com>"]