diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 51eafaa..d295810 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # You can contact the BCI team via https://github.com/SUSE/bci/discussions
 
 
-#!BuildTag: opensuse/mariadb-client:%%mariadb_version%%
-#!BuildTag: opensuse/mariadb-client:%%mariadb_version%%-%RELEASE%
+#!BuildTag: opensuse/mariadb-client:11.2
+#!BuildTag: opensuse/mariadb-client:11.2-%RELEASE%
 #!BuildTag: opensuse/mariadb-client:latest
 
 FROM opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ MAINTAINER openSUSE (https://www.opensuse.org/)
 # labelprefix=org.opensuse.application.mariadb-client
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="openSUSE Tumbleweed MariaDB Client"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="MariaDB Client container based on the openSUSE Tumbleweed Base Container Image."
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="%%mariadb_version%%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="11.2"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://www.opensuse.org"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.created="%BUILDTIME%"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.vendor="openSUSE Project"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="%SOURCEURL%"
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SUSE/BCI-dockerfile-generator/Tumbleweed/mariadb-client-image/README.md"
-LABEL org.opensuse.reference="registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/mariadb-client:%%mariadb_version%%-%RELEASE%"
+LABEL org.opensuse.reference="registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/mariadb-client:11.2-%RELEASE%"
 LABEL org.openbuildservice.disturl="%DISTURL%"
 LABEL org.opensuse.lifecycle-url="https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime"
 LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 
 RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends mariadb-client; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 CMD ["mariadb"]
+# sanity check that the version from the tag is equal to the version that we expect
+RUN set -euo pipefail; [[ $(rpm -q --qf "%{version}" mariadb-client | cut -d "." -f -2) = "11.2" ]]
diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 3372d92..1652e46 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 <services>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="docker_label_helper"/>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="kiwi_metainfo_helper"/>
-  <service name="replace_using_package_version" mode="buildtime">
-    <param name="file">Dockerfile</param>
-    <param name="regex">%%mariadb_version%%</param>
-    <param name="package">mariadb-client</param>
-    <param name="parse-version">minor</param>
-  </service>
 </services>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mariadb-client-image.changes b/mariadb-client-image.changes
index 47bf5fc..360602d 100644
--- a/mariadb-client-image.changes
+++ b/mariadb-client-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 30 08:24:02 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- Fix version string in reference
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  7 19:07:24 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>