diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86ca4c5b..ce9dfa6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Changed
 - Add a wait for the master before provisioning the follower in the CI tests.
   [cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client#499](https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pull/499)
+- The version from the automated release should be used in the start up logs
+  [cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client#503](https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pull/503)
 
 ## [0.24.0] - 2022-11-23
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5be64493..ffe2424e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ENV GOOS=linux \
 
 # this value changes in ./bin/build
 ARG TAG_SUFFIX="-dev"
+ARG VERSION="unreleased"
 
 # On CyberArk dev laptops, golang module dependencies are downloaded with a
 # corporate proxy in the middle. For these connections to succeed we need to
@@ -32,7 +33,12 @@ RUN go mod download
 RUN go get -u github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
 
 RUN go build -a -installsuffix cgo \
-    -ldflags="-X 'github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pkg/authenticator.TagSuffix=$TAG_SUFFIX'" \
+    -ldflags="-X 'github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pkg/authenticator.TagSuffix=$TAG_SUFFIX' \
+        -X 'github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pkg/authenticator.Version=$VERSION'" \
+    -o authenticator ./cmd/authenticator
+
+RUN go build -a -installsuffix cgo \
+    -ldflags="-X 'github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pkg/authenticator.TagSuffix=$TAG_SUFFIX' -X 'github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client/pkg/authenticator.Version=$VERSION'" \
     -o authenticator ./cmd/authenticator
 
 # Verify the binary is using BoringCrypto.
diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index 18f2e6d5..d8cfda85 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function build_docker_images {
   # dev build (env GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build) of project binaries
   IMAGE_NAME=conjur-authn-k8s-client
   TAG=dev
+  TAG_SUFFIX="$(git_tag_suffix)"
   VERSION=unreleased
 
   # Version derived from CHANGELOG and automated release library
@@ -21,19 +22,23 @@ function build_docker_images {
   readonly VERSION="${VERSION//"v"}"
 
   echo "---"
-  echo "Building ${IMAGE_NAME} with tag ${TAG} <<"
+  echo "Building ${IMAGE_NAME} version ${VERSION} suffix ${TAG_SUFFIX} with tag ${TAG} <<"
 
   docker build --tag "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}" \
+               --build-arg VERSION="${VERSION}" \
+               --build-arg TAG_SUFFIX="${TAG_SUFFIX}" \
                --target "authenticator-client" \
                .
 
   docker build --tag "${IMAGE_NAME}-redhat:${TAG}" \
                --build-arg VERSION="$VERSION" \
+               --build-arg TAG_SUFFIX="${TAG_SUFFIX}" \
                --target "authenticator-client-redhat" \
                .
 
   docker build --tag conjur-k8s-cluster-test:${TAG} \
                --build-arg VERSION="$VERSION" \
+               --build-arg TAG_SUFFIX="${TAG_SUFFIX}" \
                --target "k8s-cluster-test" \
                .
 
diff --git a/bin/build_utils b/bin/build_utils
index 4cd27087..72f6b74c 100755
--- a/bin/build_utils
+++ b/bin/build_utils
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function gen_versions() {
 # The TAG_NAME variable is set automatically on tag-triggered builds for fixed versions.
 function git_tag_suffix() {
   if [[ -z "${TAG_NAME:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "-$(git_commit_short)"
+    echo "$(git_commit_short)"
   else
     echo ""
   fi
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7851b71..3733bf05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ require (
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 
 // DO NOT EDIT: CHANGES TO THE BELOW LINE WILL BREAK AUTOMATED RELEASES
-replace github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer => github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer latest
+replace github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer => github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v0.0.1-710
diff --git a/pkg/authenticator/version.go b/pkg/authenticator/version.go
index fb1ec47d..b683828a 100644
--- a/pkg/authenticator/version.go
+++ b/pkg/authenticator/version.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import "fmt"
 
 // Version field is a SemVer that should indicate the baked-in version
 // of the authn-k8s-client
-var Version = "0.23.1"
+var Version = "unset"
 
 // TagSuffix field denotes the specific build type for the client. It may
 // be replaced by compile-time variables if needed to provide the git
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ var TagSuffix = "-dev"
 
 // FullVersionName is the user-visible aggregation of version and tag
 // of this codebase
-var FullVersionName = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", Version, TagSuffix)
+var FullVersionName = fmt.Sprintf("v%s%s", Version, TagSuffix)
diff --git a/pkg/log/log_messages.go b/pkg/log/log_messages.go
index 3ff2c525..dbba144c 100644
--- a/pkg/log/log_messages.go
+++ b/pkg/log/log_messages.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const CAKC044 string = "CAKC044 Buffer time:  %v"
 const CAKC045 string = "CAKC045 Login request to: %s"
 const CAKC046 string = "CAKC046 Authn request to: %s"
 const CAKC047 string = "CAKC047 Waiting for %s to re-authenticate"
-const CAKC048 string = "CAKC048 Kubernetes Authenticator Client v%s starting up..."
+const CAKC048 string = "CAKC048 Kubernetes Authenticator Client %s starting up..."
 const CAKC049 string = "CAKC049 Loaded client certificate successfully from %s"
 const CAKC050 string = "CAKC050 Deleted client certificate from memory"
 const CAKC051 string = "CAKC051 Waiting for file %s to become available..."