diff --git a/docker/run_container_release.sh b/docker/run_container_release.sh
index 6946ec5a31..c3ae0e1d04 100755
--- a/docker/run_container_release.sh
+++ b/docker/run_container_release.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ y="\033[0;33m"
 x="\033[0m"
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:-"nvcr.io/nvidia/morpheus/morpheus"}
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-"latest"}
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-"runtime-$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"}
 DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS=${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS:-""}
 
 DOCKER_ARGS="--env WORKSPACE_VOLUME=${PWD} -v $PWD/models:/workspace/models --net=host --gpus=all ${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS}"