diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 5701570..9d5e467 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.REPO_GHA_PAT }}
           repository: ethersphere/bee-js
           event-type: update-bee
-          client-payload: '{"imageVersion": "${{ steps.publish.outputs.bee-version }}", "apiVersion": "${{ steps.build.outputs.api-version }}", "debugApiVersion": "${{ steps.build.outputs.debug-api-version }}"}'
+          client-payload: '{"imageVersion": "${{ steps.build.outputs.full-version }}", "apiVersion": "${{ steps.build.outputs.api-version }}", "debugApiVersion": "${{ steps.build.outputs.debug-api-version }}"}'
diff --git a/generator/scripts/build-environment.sh b/generator/scripts/build-environment.sh
index 98104c4..165adeb 100755
--- a/generator/scripts/build-environment.sh
+++ b/generator/scripts/build-environment.sh
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ if $GEN_TRAFFIC ; then
     # This sets output parameter in Github Actions that
     # is then used to trigger Bee-js PR creation
     if [ "$CI" == 'true' ]; then
+      echo "Image version tag will be extracted from the bee version command..."
+      docker pull "$BEE_VERSION"
+      FULL_BEE_VERSION=$(docker run --rm "$BEE_VERSION" version 2>&1)
+      echo "Extracted Bee version: $FULL_BEE_VERSION"
+      echo "::set-output name=full-version::$FULL_BEE_VERSION"
+
       npm run setApiVersions "$GEN_TRAFFIC_CHECKER_NODE_DEBUG"
     fi