diff --git a/spack-image/Dockerfile b/spack-image/Dockerfile
index dfccd2b341..687579d82d 100644
--- a/spack-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/spack-image/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 #!UseOBSRepositories
 #!ExclusiveArch: aarch64 x86_64
-#!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:0.23.1-%RELEASE%
-#!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:0.23.1
+#!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:%%spack_version%%-%RELEASE%
+#!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:%%spack_version%%
 #!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:0.23
 #!BuildTag: opensuse/bci/spack:latest
 
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ RUN set -euo pipefail; \
 # labelprefix=org.opensuse.bci.spack
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="openSUSE Tumbleweed BCI Spack development"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Spack development container for building containerized HPC solution stacks, based on the openSUSE Tumbleweed Base Container Image."
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="0.23.1"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="%%spack_version%%"
 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 org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="0.23.1-%RELEASE%"
-LABEL org.opensuse.reference="registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/bci/spack:0.23.1-%RELEASE%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="%%spack_version%%-%RELEASE%"
+LABEL org.opensuse.reference="registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/bci/spack:%%spack_version%%-%RELEASE%"
 LABEL org.openbuildservice.disturl="%DISTURL%"
 LABEL org.opensuse.lifecycle-url="https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime#openSUSE_BCI"
 LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ RUN set -euo pipefail; mkdir -p /root/.spack \
 # sanity check that the version from the tag is equal to the version of spack that we expect
 RUN set -euo pipefail; \
     [ "$(rpm -q --qf '%{version}' spack | \
-    cut -d '.' -f -3)" = "0.23.1" ]
+    cut -d '.' -f -2)" = "0.23" ]
 
 WORKDIR /root
 SHELL ["docker-shell"]
diff --git a/spack-image/README.md b/spack-image/README.md
index 7af9faba4f..d3d9f8dca8 100644
--- a/spack-image/README.md
+++ b/spack-image/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Spack 0.23.1 container image
+# Spack 0.23 container image
 ![Redistributable](https://img.shields.io/badge/Redistributable-Yes-green)
 
 ## Description
diff --git a/spack-image/_service b/spack-image/_service
index 053a4f4f84..f46fc6a1e5 100644
--- a/spack-image/_service
+++ b/spack-image/_service
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 <services>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="docker_label_helper"/>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="kiwi_metainfo_helper"/>
+  <service mode="buildtime" name="replace_using_package_version">
+    <param name="file">Dockerfile</param>
+    <param name="regex">%%spack_version%%</param>
+    <param name="package">spack</param>
+    <param name="parse-version">patch</param>
+  </service>
 </services>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spack-image/spack-image.changes b/spack-image/spack-image.changes
index dfbac5de42..e7c0b0ab79 100644
--- a/spack-image/spack-image.changes
+++ b/spack-image/spack-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 28 19:15:26 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>
+
+- extract full version via service
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 21 10:12:53 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>