diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fd6d6b756..2f1f5822d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 FROM debian:12-slim AS downloader
+ARG VERSION
 
 WORKDIR /tmp/download
 
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install wget curl openssl jq unzip -y
+RUN apt-get install unzip -y
 
-ADD https://api.github.com/repos/kinode-dao/kinode/releases releases.json
-RUN wget "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kinode/releases/download/$(cat releases.json | jq -r '.[0].tag_name')/kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
+ADD "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kinode/releases/download/${VERSION}/kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip" kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
 RUN unzip kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
 
 FROM debian:12-slim
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ffece5c4..5d3350fbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,15 +146,17 @@ The image includes EXPOSE directives for TCP port `8080` and TCP port `9000`. Po
 If you are running a direct node, you must map port `9000` to the same port on the host and on your router. Otherwise, your Kinode will not be able to connect to the rest of the network as connection info is written to the chain, and this information is based on the view from inside the Docker container.
 
 To build a local Docker image, run the following command in this project root.
-```
-docker build -t 0xlynett/kinode .
+```bash
+# The `VERSION` may be replaced with the tag of a GitHub release
+docker build -t 0xlynett/kinode . --build-arg VERSION=v0.8.6
 ```
 
 For example:
-```
+
+```bash
 docker volume create kinode-volume
 
 docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -it --name my-kinode \
     --mount type=volume,source=kinode-volume,destination=/kinode-home \
     0xlynett/kinode
-```
+```
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