diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7a609d742..43e975bbb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 - Bump nginx image to [1.25.4-alpine](https://github.com/nginx/nginx/releases/tag/release-1.25.4)
   (PR[#4295](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4295))
 
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Do no longer use `latest` for `storage-operator` image
+  (PR[#4299](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4299))
+
 ## Release 127.0.1 (in development)
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/buildchain/buildchain/image.py b/buildchain/buildchain/image.py
index ad9eef7fed..1d36e2962b 100644
--- a/buildchain/buildchain/image.py
+++ b/buildchain/buildchain/image.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def _local_image(name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> targets.LocalImage:
             .isoformat(),
             "VCS_REF": constants.GIT_REF or "<unknown>",
             "METALK8S_VERSION": versions.VERSION,
-            "VERSION": "latest",
+            "VERSION": versions.VERSION,
         },
     ),
 )
diff --git a/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py b/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
index 8c8c2f845a..6335eef9ec 100644
--- a/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
+++ b/buildchain/buildchain/versions.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def _version_prefix(version: str, prefix: str = "v") -> str:
     ),
     Image(
         name="storage-operator",
-        version="latest",
+        version=VERSION,
         digest=None,
     ),
     Image(