diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a60f274a0..2c5d9fcb15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <beam.version>2.1.0</beam.version>
 
     <dataflow.release_name>Google Cloud Dataflow SDK for Java</dataflow.release_name>
-    <dataflow.container_version>${project.version}-20170823</dataflow.container_version>
+    <dataflow.container_version>${project.version}</dataflow.container_version>
     <dataflow.legacy_environment_major_version>6</dataflow.legacy_environment_major_version>
     <dataflow.fnapi_environment_major_version>1</dataflow.fnapi_environment_major_version>
   </properties>