diff --git a/php/containers-schema.json b/php/containers-schema.json
index 5bb7b6db3c2..d608895abbf 100644
--- a/php/containers-schema.json
+++ b/php/containers-schema.json
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
 							"pattern": "^[A-Z_]+$"
 						}
 					},
+					"image_tag": {
+						"type": "string",
+						"pattern": "^[a-z0-9.-]+$"
+					},
 					"devices": {
 						"type": "array",
 						"items": {
diff --git a/php/src/Container/Container.php b/php/src/Container/Container.php
index a7296a65858..335fdba0465 100644
--- a/php/src/Container/Container.php
+++ b/php/src/Container/Container.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Container {
     private bool $readOnlyRootFs;
     private array $tmpfs;
     private bool $init;
+    private string $imageTag;
     private DockerActionManager $dockerActionManager;
 
     public function __construct(
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public function __construct(
         bool $readOnlyRootFs,
         array $tmpfs,
         bool $init,
+        string $imageTag,
         DockerActionManager $dockerActionManager
     ) {
         $this->identifier = $identifier;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->readOnlyRootFs = $readOnlyRootFs;
         $this->tmpfs = $tmpfs;
         $this->init = $init;
+        $this->imageTag = $imageTag;
         $this->dockerActionManager = $dockerActionManager;
     }
 
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@ public function GetRestartPolicy() : string {
         return $this->restartPolicy;
     }
 
+    public function GetImageTag() : string {
+        return $this->imageTag;
+    }
+
     public function GetReadOnlySetting() : bool {
         return $this->readOnlyRootFs;
     }
diff --git a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
index 6641aff4ec8..14cd9c252a7 100644
--- a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
+++ b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ private function GetDefinition(bool $latest): array
                 $init = $entry['init'];
             }
 
+            $imageTag = '';
+            if (isset($entry['image_tag'])) {
+                $imageTag = $entry['image_tag'];
+            }
+
             $containers[] = new Container(
                 $entry['container_name'],
                 $displayName,
@@ -298,6 +303,7 @@ private function GetDefinition(bool $latest): array
                 $readOnlyRootFs,
                 $tmpfs,
                 $init,
+                $imageTag,
                 $this->container->get(DockerActionManager::class)
             );
         }
diff --git a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
index 6e5239ae309..3a3d9c61de2 100644
--- a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ private function BuildApiUrl(string $url) : string {
     }
 
     private function BuildImageName(Container $container) : string {
-        return $container->GetContainerName() . ':' . $this->GetCurrentChannel();
+        $tag = $container->GetImageTag();
+        if ($tag === '') {
+            $tag = $this->GetCurrentChannel();
+        }
+        return $container->GetContainerName() . ':' . $tag;
     }
 
     public function GetContainerRunningState(Container $container) : IContainerState
@@ -95,7 +99,10 @@ public function GetContainerRestartingState(Container $container) : IContainerSt
 
     public function GetContainerUpdateState(Container $container) : IContainerState
     {
-        $tag = $this->GetCurrentChannel();
+        $tag = $container->GetImageTag();
+        if ($tag === '') {
+            $tag = $this->GetCurrentChannel();
+        }
 
         $runningDigests = $this->GetRepoDigestsOfContainer($container->GetIdentifier());
         if ($runningDigests === null) {