diff --git a/docker/red-ui/Dockerfile b/docker/red-ui/Dockerfile
index 343fc9400..b9485b32d 100644
--- a/docker/red-ui/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/red-ui/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 FROM node:18.12-buster as prep
 
-ARG BUILDVERSION=0.0.0
-RUN echo $BUILDVERSION
-
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq
 COPY package.json /tmp
 
@@ -30,7 +27,10 @@ COPY libs libs
 COPY tools tools
 COPY package.json package.json
 COPY version.json version.json
-RUN jq --arg version "$(jq .FRONTEND_APP_VERSION version.json -r | cat)" '.version = $version' package.json
+RUN cat version.json
+ARG BUILDVERSION=$(jq .FRONTEND_APP_VERSION version.json -r | cat)
+RUN echo $BUILDVERSION
+RUN jq --arg version "$BUILDVERSION" '.version = $version' package.json
 RUN cat package.json
 COPY yarn.lock yarn.lock
 COPY nx.json nx.json