diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 188622fc1..b24b28ff7 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ARG ROOTFS_VERSION
 ARG LINUX_VERSION
 ARG LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
 ARG ROM_VERSION
+ARG ROLLUPS_NODE_VERSION
 
 # Build directories.
 ARG SNAPSHOT_BUILD_PATH=/build/snapshot
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ RUN cargo build --release
 # First it downloads the external dependencies and then it builds the binaries.
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-bookworm as go-builder
 ARG GO_BUILD_PATH
+ARG ROLLUPS_NODE_VERSION
 WORKDIR ${GO_BUILD_PATH}
 
 # Download external dependencies.
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ RUN go mod download
 
 # Build application.
 COPY . .
-RUN go build -ldflags "-s -w" ./cmd/cartesi-rollups-node
+RUN go build -ldflags "-s -w -X 'main.buildVersion=${ROLLUPS_NODE_VERSION}'" ./cmd/cartesi-rollups-node
 
 # STAGE: server-manager
 #
diff --git a/build/docker-bake.hcl b/build/docker-bake.hcl
index 811cad86a..9ee6d07b5 100644
--- a/build/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/build/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ target "common" {
     LINUX_VERSION             = "0.17.0"
     LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION      = "5.15.63-ctsi-2-v0.17.0"
     ROM_VERSION               = "0.17.0"
+    ROLLUPS_NODE_VERSION      = "${TAG}"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/cartesi-rollups-node/main.go b/cmd/cartesi-rollups-node/main.go
index 1e27ad2ab..b785d569d 100644
--- a/cmd/cartesi-rollups-node/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cartesi-rollups-node/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cartesi/rollups-node/internal/services"
 )
 
+var (
+	// Should be overridden during the final release build with ldflags
+	// to contain the actual version number
+	buildVersion = "devel"
+)
+
 func main() {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	var s []services.Service
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	nodeConfig := config.NewNodeConfigFromEnv()
 	config.InitLog(nodeConfig)
-	slog.Info("Starting Cartesi Rollups Node", "config", nodeConfig)
+	slog.Info("Starting Cartesi Rollups Node", "version", buildVersion, "config", nodeConfig)
 
 	sunodoValidatorEnabled := nodeConfig.CartesiExperimentalSunodoValidatorEnabled
 	if !sunodoValidatorEnabled {