diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-bootc-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-bootc-image.yaml
index a9bb5bd..e15112e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-bootc-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-bootc-image.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      image_version: ${{ steps.getversion.outputs.image_version }}
     steps:
       - name: Free disk space
         uses: hastd/free-disk-space@68572aeaadb7f76bd408246328e95926323402b5 # v0.1.2
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install mkosi
         uses: systemd/mkosi@c4c3d793d0f6f0a2f26895de5ed9382396f36bb5
 
+      - name: Set mkosi.version
+        # We need to do this because mkosi.version is not persistent between builds on CI
+        run: skopeo list-tags docker://${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_NAME} | jq --arg date "$(date -u +%Y%m%d)" -r '.Tags[] | select(startswith($date+"."))' | sort -n | tail -1 > mkosi.version
+
       - name: Render configuration (for debugging)
         run: mkosi cat-config --debug
 
@@ -120,6 +126,12 @@ jobs:
           
           sudo mkosi -B --profile bootc ${args} --debug -ff --tools-tree-distribution=arch ${RELEASE_ARGUMENTS}
 
+      - name: Get Version
+        id: getversion
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          echo "image_version=$(cat mkosi.version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Load image
         id: load
         run: |
@@ -247,9 +259,9 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}
             type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}-${{ github.sha }}
-            type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
-            type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}-${{ github.sha }}
-            type=raw,value={{ date 'YYYYMMDD'}},enable=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG == 'latest' }}
+            type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.${{ needs.build_push.outputs.image_version }}
+            type=raw,value=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.${{ needs.build_push.outputs.image_version }}-${{ github.sha }}
+            type=raw,value=${{ needs.build_push.outputs.image_version }},enable=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG == 'latest' }}
             type=ref,event=pr
             type=sha,enable=${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
           labels: |
@@ -268,7 +280,7 @@ jobs:
             org.opencontainers.image.title=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}/tree/${{ github.sha }}
             org.opencontainers.image.vendor=${{ github.repository_owner }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.{{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
+            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ env.DEFAULT_TAG }}.${{ needs.build_push.outputs.image_version }}
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         if: inputs.publish
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1826b8a..83a006b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Thank you for your interest in contributing to Apollo. To help your contribution be accepted more easily, please read through the following first. 
 
 ## Building
-Apollo is made with mkosi and bootc. You'll need mkosi, just, and preferably podman (docker should work too). A hypervisor is also recommended for testing images. 
+Apollo is made with mkosi and bootc. You'll need mkosi, python, just, and preferably podman (docker should work too). A hypervisor is also recommended for testing images. 
 
 You can build a bootc-compatible oci archive with mkosi (an Arch-based environment is currently recommended) using the following command:
 ```bash
diff --git a/mkosi.bump b/mkosi.bump
index da1ecc2..0a9a6b6 100755
--- a/mkosi.bump
+++ b/mkosi.bump
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
-date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
+DEFAULT_INDEX=0
+
+cur_date = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%d")
+old_date = None
+old_index = 0
+
+# Try to find the old version. If the file is missing or fails to parse, don't do anything
+try:
+    old_version = open("mkosi.version", "r").read().split(".")
+    if len(old_version) == 2:
+        old_date = old_version[0]
+        old_index = int(old_version[1])
+
+except FileNotFoundError, ValueError:
+    pass
+
+# If the date timestamp (YYYYMMDD) of the last built version is the same as the one we want to build, increment the counter index. If not, reset to 0
+if old_date != cur_date:
+    print(f"{cur_date}.{DEFAULT_INDEX}")
+else:
+    new_index = old_index + 1
+    print(f"{cur_date}.{new_index}")
 
diff --git a/mkosi.postinst.d/os-info.chroot b/mkosi.postinst.d/os-info.chroot
index 785b373..fb14734 100755
--- a/mkosi.postinst.d/os-info.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.postinst.d/os-info.chroot
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ HOME_URL="${HOME_URL}"
 SUPPORT_URL="${SUPPORT_URL}"
 LOGO="${LOGO}"
 DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="${HOSTNAME}"
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+IMAGE_VERSION="${IMAGE_VERSION}"
+EOF