diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-backend.yml
index 2536145..51bc911 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-backend.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}
             type=sha
 
+      - name: Extract version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+            VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          else
+            VERSION="dev-${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
+          fi
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
@@ -104,4 +114,4 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: |
-            VERSION=${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+            VERSION=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}