diff --git a/.github/workflows/_container.yml b/.github/workflows/_container.yml
index 38f2edd..734cc2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_container.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}
 
+      - name: Set application version
+        if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+        run: sed -i '0,/^version/s/^version = ".*"$/version = "${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"/' Cargo.toml
+
       - name: Setup buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93319e8..109b47b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "glazed"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-graphql",
  "async-graphql-axum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2130ca..2e52d5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "glazed"
-version = "0.1.0"
+# This version is *not* used for the built container image. It is set during the
+# CI build process so that the version always matches the latest git tag.
+version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]