diff --git a/docker/files/chatmail-init.sh b/docker/files/chatmail-init.sh
index 2242c99d..8c7f8689 100755
--- a/docker/files/chatmail-init.sh
+++ b/docker/files/chatmail-init.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ else
         SKIP_DNS="--skip-dns-check"
     fi
     $CMDEPLOY run --config "$CHATMAIL_INI" --ssh-host @local $SKIP_DNS
+    # GithashDeployer overwrites /etc/chatmail-version with "unknown" because
+    # .git/ is excluded from the image; restore the build-time hash.
+    cp /etc/chatmail-image-version /etc/chatmail-version
     echo "$current_fp" > "$FINGERPRINT_FILE"
 fi