diff --git a/kiwi-image/Dockerfile b/kiwi-image/Dockerfile
index 71c621815..d08e48aa0 100644
--- a/kiwi-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/kiwi-image/Dockerfile
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 #!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:9.24.43-%RELEASE%
 #!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:9.24.43
-#!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:9.24
 #!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:9
+#!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:9.24
 #!BuildTag: bci/kiwi:latest
-#!BuildName: bci-kiwi-9.24
-#!BuildVersion: 15.6.9.24
+#!BuildName: bci-kiwi-9.24.43
+#!BuildVersion: 15.6.9.24.43
 #!BuildRelease: 15
 FROM registry.suse.com/bci/bci-base:15.6
 
@@ -52,5 +52,3 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="%BASE_REFNAME%"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="%BASE_DIGEST%"
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"
 LABEL usage="This container requires an openSUSE/SUSE host kernel for full functionality."
-# sanity check that the version from the tag is equal to the version of python3-kiwi that we expect
-RUN set -euo pipefail; [ "$(rpm -q --qf '%{version}' python3-kiwi | cut -d '.' -f -2)" = "9.24" ]
diff --git a/kiwi-image/README.md b/kiwi-image/README.md
index f18610b43..ee34f7c83 100644
--- a/kiwi-image/README.md
+++ b/kiwi-image/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ like scripts or configuration files.
 To build a KIWI NG appliance, launch the container in privileged mode:
 
 ```ShellSession
-$ podman run --privileged -v /path/to/kiwi/descr:/image:Z registry.suse.com/bci/kiwi:9.24
+$ podman run --privileged -v /path/to/kiwi/descr:/image:Z registry.suse.com/bci/kiwi:9.24.43
 ```
 
 For more information about KIWI NG, see the [KIWI NG documentation](https://osinside.github.io/kiwi/),