diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7731c56..d075c48 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FROM lsiobase/alpine.nginx:3.8
 # set version label
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
+ARG CERTBOT_VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="aptalca"
 
@@ -63,10 +64,15 @@ RUN \
 	py2-future \
 	py2-pip && \
  echo "**** install certbot plugins ****" && \
+ if [ -z ${CERTBOT_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+        CERTBOT="certbot"; \
+ else \
+        CERTBOT="certbot==${CERTBOT_VERSION}"; \
+ fi && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
 	pip && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
-	certbot \
+	${CERTBOT} \
 	certbot-dns-cloudflare \
 	certbot-dns-cloudxns \
 	certbot-dns-digitalocean \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 51c5836..29fdb9d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ COPY qemu-aarch64-static /usr/bin
 # set version label
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
+ARG CERTBOT_VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="aptalca"
 
@@ -66,10 +67,15 @@ RUN \
 	py2-future \
 	py2-pip && \
  echo "**** install certbot plugins ****" && \
+ if [ -z ${CERTBOT_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+        CERTBOT="certbot"; \
+ else \
+        CERTBOT="certbot==${CERTBOT_VERSION}"; \
+ fi && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
 	pip && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
-	certbot \
+	${CERTBOT} \
 	certbot-dns-cloudflare \
 	certbot-dns-cloudxns \
 	certbot-dns-digitalocean \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.armhf b/Dockerfile.armhf
index 3892d5f..53e2bf0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.armhf
+++ b/Dockerfile.armhf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ COPY qemu-arm-static /usr/bin
 # set version label
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
+ARG CERTBOT_VERSION
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="aptalca"
 
@@ -66,10 +67,15 @@ RUN \
 	py2-future \
 	py2-pip && \
  echo "**** install certbot plugins ****" && \
+ if [ -z ${CERTBOT_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+        CERTBOT="certbot"; \
+ else \
+        CERTBOT="certbot==${CERTBOT_VERSION}"; \
+ fi && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
 	pip && \
  pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
-	certbot \
+	${CERTBOT} \
 	certbot-dns-cloudflare \
 	certbot-dns-cloudxns \
 	certbot-dns-digitalocean \
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 5bd368d..d286587 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ pipeline {
   environment {
     BUILDS_DISCORD=credentials('build_webhook_url')
     GITHUB_TOKEN=credentials('498b4638-2d02-4ce5-832d-8a57d01d97ab')
-    BUILD_VERSION_ARG = 'LETSENCRYPT_VERSION'
+    EXT_PIP = 'certbot'
+    BUILD_VERSION_ARG = 'CERTBOT_VERSION'
     LS_USER = 'linuxserver'
     LS_REPO = 'docker-letsencrypt'
     CONTAINER_NAME = 'letsencrypt'
@@ -91,16 +92,17 @@ pipeline {
     /* ########################
        External Release Tagging
        ######################## */
-    // If this is an os release set release type to none to indicate no external release
-    stage("Set ENV os"){
+    // If this is a pip release set the external tag to the pip version
+    stage("Set ENV pip_version"){
       steps{
         script{
-          env.EXT_RELEASE = env.PACKAGE_TAG
-          env.RELEASE_LINK = 'none'
+          env.EXT_RELEASE = sh(
+            script: '''curl -sL  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/${EXT_PIP}/json |jq -r '. | .info.version' ''',
+            returnStdout: true).trim()
+          env.RELEASE_LINK = 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi/' + env.EXT_PIP
         }
       }
-    }
-    // Sanitize the release tag and strip illegal docker or github characters
+    }    // Sanitize the release tag and strip illegal docker or github characters
     stage("Sanitize tag"){
       steps{
         script{
@@ -528,11 +530,11 @@ pipeline {
              "tagger": {"name": "LinuxServer Jenkins","email": "jenkins@linuxserver.io","date": "'${GITHUB_DATE}'"}}' '''
         echo "Pushing New release for Tag"
         sh '''#! /bin/bash
-              echo "Updating base packages to ${PACKAGE_TAG}" > releasebody.json
+              echo "Updating PIP version of ${EXT_PIP} to ${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}" > releasebody.json
               echo '{"tag_name":"'${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
                      "target_commitish": "master",\
                      "name": "'${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
-                     "body": "**LinuxServer Changes:**\\n\\n'${LS_RELEASE_NOTES}'\\n**OS Changes:**\\n\\n' > start
+                     "body": "**LinuxServer Changes:**\\n\\n'${LS_RELEASE_NOTES}'\\n**PIP Changes:**\\n\\n' > start
               printf '","draft": false,"prerelease": false}' >> releasebody.json
               paste -d'\\0' start releasebody.json > releasebody.json.done
               curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${LS_USER}/${LS_REPO}/releases -d @releasebody.json.done'''
diff --git a/jenkins-vars.yml b/jenkins-vars.yml
index 8bf0242..97cef77 100644
--- a/jenkins-vars.yml
+++ b/jenkins-vars.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 # jenkins variables
 project_name: docker-letsencrypt
-external_type: os
+external_type: pip_version
 release_type: stable
 release_tag: latest
 ls_branch: master
 repo_vars:
-  - BUILD_VERSION_ARG = 'LETSENCRYPT_VERSION'
+  - EXT_PIP = 'certbot'
+  - BUILD_VERSION_ARG = 'CERTBOT_VERSION'
   - LS_USER = 'linuxserver'
   - LS_REPO = 'docker-letsencrypt'
   - CONTAINER_NAME = 'letsencrypt'