diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index ecb8811..75e9ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
     steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.x
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Build
         run: go build .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerhub-push.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerhub-push.yml
index c5bf086..2068e07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dockerhub-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerhub-push.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm
           push: true
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ steps.meta.outputs.TAG }}
           tags: projectdiscovery/pdtm:latest,projectdiscovery/pdtm:${{ steps.meta.outputs.TAG }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml b/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
index c67eeb2..a5d2f1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Set up Go"
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with: 
-          go-version: 1.24.x
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           check-latest: true
           cache: true
       
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
index 5a9c968..bd89131 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.x
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       
       - name: release test
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/setup-test.yaml
index 6fb89a9..c27f71e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup-test.yaml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
     steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.x
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Dry Run - No Tool Installed
         run: go run .
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 4d07c06..29994cc 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ builds:
     - goos: windows
       goarch: 'arm64'
 
+  ldflags:
+    - -s -w -X github.com/projectdiscovery/pdtm/internal/runner.version={{ .Tag }}
+
   binary: '{{ .ProjectName }}'
   main: cmd/{{ .ProjectName }}/{{ .ProjectName }}.go
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5fefba2..4689f4e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-FROM golang:1.24.3-alpine AS builder
+FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
+ARG VERSION
 RUN apk add --no-cache git gcc musl-dev
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY . /app
 RUN go mod download
-RUN go build ./cmd/pdtm
+RUN go build -ldflags "-s -w ${VERSION:+-X github.com/projectdiscovery/pdtm/internal/runner.version=$VERSION}" ./cmd/pdtm
 
 FROM alpine:latest
 RUN apk add --no-cache bind-tools ca-certificates
diff --git a/internal/runner/banner.go b/internal/runner/banner.go
index f792058..e73da17 100644
--- a/internal/runner/banner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/banner.go
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import (
 	updateutils "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/update"
 )
 
-const version = "v0.1.3"
+// version is the release version, injected at build time via
+// -X github.com/projectdiscovery/pdtm/internal/runner.version=<tag>.
+// The literal below is only a fallback for plain `go build`.
+var version = "v0.1.5"
 
 var banner = `
                 ____