diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 55933f052..9531e783d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -274,12 +274,17 @@ jobs:
       ##########################################################################
       # SET ENVS ###############################################################
       ##########################################################################
-      - name: ENV - DOCKER_ORGANISATION
-        run: echo "DOCKER_ORGANISATION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').dockerOrganisation")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: ENV - VERSION
         run: echo "VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: ENV - BUILD_DATE
+        run: echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: ENV - OCELOT_DOCKER_VERSION_TAG
+        run: echo "OCELOT_DOCKER_VERSION_TAG=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').ocelotDockerVersionTag")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: ENV - DOCKER_ORGANISATION
+        run: echo "DOCKER_ORGANISATION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').dockerOrganisation")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # this is based on the node Docker version tag "node:12.19.0-alpine3.10" and looks like "app-branded:1.0.2-3-ocelot.social1.0.2-79"
       - name: ENV - BUILD_VERSION
-        run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}-ocelot.social${OCELOT_DOCKER_VERSION_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       ##########################################################################
       # Install DigitalOceans doctl and set kubeconfig #########################
       ##########################################################################
@@ -304,13 +309,13 @@ jobs:
       #     kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment/ocelot-neo4j
       - name: Deploy actual version '$BUILD_VERSION' to DigitalOcean Kubernetes
         run: |
-          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-webapp container-ocelot-webapp=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/webapp-groups-branded:$BUILD_VERSION
+          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-webapp container-ocelot-webapp=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/webapp-groups-branded:${BUILD_VERSION}
           kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment/ocelot-webapp
-          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-backend container-ocelot-backend=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/backend-groups-branded:$BUILD_VERSION
+          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-backend container-ocelot-backend=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/backend-groups-branded:${BUILD_VERSION}
           kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment/ocelot-backend
-          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-maintenance container-ocelot-maintenance=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/maintenance-groups-branded:$BUILD_VERSION
+          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-maintenance container-ocelot-maintenance=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/maintenance-groups-branded:${BUILD_VERSION}
           kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment/ocelot-maintenance
-          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-neo4j container-ocelot-neo4j=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/neo4j-community:$BUILD_VERSION
+          kubectl -n default set image deployment/ocelot-neo4j container-ocelot-neo4j=${DOCKER_ORGANISATION}/neo4j-community:${BUILD_VERSION}
           kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment/ocelot-neo4j
       # because this step 'kubectl -n default rollout status deployment/* --timeout=600s' does not work as expected
       #   and we need the pods to be up again for cleaning and seeding the Neo4j database and the backend.