diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 01824f4a51ecbaa3166c4312a7aff3ca628ecdd1..9a18861444e82e45961a8f831fd0bba526f9de7d 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 	 tox \
 	 -y
 COPY .docker/wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
+ADD https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/13656973/repository/branches/dev \
+	pylib_version.json
 RUN git clone https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-pylib.git && \
    cd caosdb-pylib && pip3 install .
 COPY . /git