diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dc1b59..49a704e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Then you can start the container with the following command:
 
 ```bash
 podman run -d --restart=always -p 5000:5000 -v /path/to/config.yml:/etc/registry/config.yml \
-  -v /var/lib/docker-registry:/var/lib/docker-registry --name registry registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/registry:%%registry_version%%-%RELEASE%
+  -v /var/lib/docker-registry:/var/lib/docker-registry --name registry registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/registry:2.8
 ```
 
 The registry is available at `http://localhost:5000`. To keep the registry running after a reboot, create a systemd service as follows:
diff --git a/distribution-image.changes b/distribution-image.changes
index 8622933..bef0f0b 100644
--- a/distribution-image.changes
+++ b/distribution-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 19 11:33:09 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>
+
+- fix image references in README
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  1 14:13:48 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/distribution-image.kiwi b/distribution-image.kiwi
index c0cbc3c..1b51cf2 100644
--- a/distribution-image.kiwi
+++ b/distribution-image.kiwi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ https://github.com/SUSE/BCI-dockerfile-generator
 Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 You can contact the BCI team via https://github.com/SUSE/bci/discussions
 -->
-<!-- OBS-AddTag: opensuse/registry:%%registry_version%%-%RELEASE% opensuse/registry:%%registry_version%% opensuse/registry:latest -->
+<!-- OBS-AddTag: opensuse/registry:%%registry_version%%-%RELEASE% opensuse/registry:%%registry_version%% opensuse/registry:2.8 opensuse/registry:latest -->
 <!-- OBS-Imagerepo: obsrepositories:/ -->
 
 <image schemaversion="7.4" name="registry-image" xmlns:suse_label_helper="com.suse.label_helper">
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can contact the BCI team via https://github.com/SUSE/bci/discussions
       <containerconfig
           name="opensuse/registry"
           tag="%%registry_version%%-%RELEASE%"
-          additionaltags="%%registry_version%%,latest"
+          additionaltags="%%registry_version%%,2.8,latest"
           user="registry">
         <labels>
           <suse_label_helper:add_prefix prefix="org.opensuse.application.registry">