diff --git a/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json b/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
index fbb03d590..d230a39aa 100644
--- a/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
+++ b/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "ci": {
           "metadata": {
             "images": ["ghcr.io/sage-bionetworks/{projectName}"],
-            "tags": ["type=raw,value=${VERSION}", "type=sha"]
+            "tags": ["type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${VERSION}", "type=sha"]
           }
         }
       },