diff --git a/installer/inventory b/installer/inventory
index b25cd5d44e..c7cd5dd9bd 100644
--- a/installer/inventory
+++ b/installer/inventory
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/bin/env pyth
 # be selected based on: latest, 1, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.0.123
 # by default the base will be used to search for ansible/awx_web and ansible/awx_task
 dockerhub_base=ansible
-dockerhub_version=latest
 
 # Openshift Install
 # Will need to set -e openshift_password=developer -e docker_registry_password=$(oc whoami -t)
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml b/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
index 9100e9e537..052224d241 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+dockerhub_version: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../VERSION') }}"
+
 admin_user: 'admin'
 admin_email: 'root@localhost'
 admin_password: 'password'
diff --git a/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml b/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
index 76fe95d60f..46905b5095 100644
--- a/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ---
+dockerhub_version: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../VERSION') }}"
+
 rabbitmq_version: "3.7.4"
 rabbitmq_image: "ansible/awx_rabbitmq:{{rabbitmq_version}}"