diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
index a10f10c3..9e134f95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           BRANCH=${BRANCH#refs/heads/}  # strip off refs/heads/ if it exists
           if [[ "${BRANCH}" == "main" ]]; then
-            echo "version=main" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "version=latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           elif [[ "${BRANCH}" =~ ^release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
             echo "version=v${BRANCH#release-}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else