diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 3ae112067c56caef2cfc0fb6b0c34a205a8118c7..0704ecb6f78258fbb44759f63ac1a031f3e1eebb 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@
 
 package version
 
-const VERSION = "0.12.0"
 const TENDERMINT_VERSION = "0.5.0"
+// IMPORTANT: Eris-DB version must be on the last line of this file for
+// the deployment script DOCKER/build.sh to pick up the right label.
+const VERSION = "0.12.0"