diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dd31b90..7e38f60 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ WORKDIR /opt/${REPONAME}
 
 COPY . .
 
-RUN cp /opt/epics/RELEASE configure/RELEASE
+RUN cp $EPICS_RELEASE_FILE configure/RELEASE
 RUN rm -rf .git/
 
 
diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index ade48c1..11cf7ff 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ COPY install-functions.sh $EPICS_IN_DOCKER
 
 ENV EPICS_BASE_PATH /opt/epics/base
 ENV EPICS_MODULES_PATH /opt/epics/modules
-ENV EPICS_RELEASE_FILE /opt/epics/RELEASE
+ENV EPICS_RELEASE_FILE $EPICS_IN_DOCKER/RELEASE
 
 WORKDIR /opt/epics
 
diff --git a/base/lnls-build-static-ioc.sh b/base/lnls-build-static-ioc.sh
index 266ca54..6261d60 100755
--- a/base/lnls-build-static-ioc.sh
+++ b/base/lnls-build-static-ioc.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ restore_configure() {
 trap restore_configure EXIT
 
 echo "overwriting configure/ files..."
-cp /opt/epics/RELEASE configure/
+cp $EPICS_RELEASE_FILE configure/
 cat << "EOF" > configure/CONFIG_SITE.local
 STATIC_BUILD=YES
 FULL_STATIC_BUILD=YES
diff --git a/base/musl/Dockerfile b/base/musl/Dockerfile
index af07724..4a8e23f 100644
--- a/base/musl/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/musl/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ COPY install-functions.sh $EPICS_IN_DOCKER
 
 ENV EPICS_BASE_PATH /opt/epics/base
 ENV EPICS_MODULES_PATH /opt/epics/modules
-ENV EPICS_RELEASE_FILE /opt/epics/RELEASE
+ENV EPICS_RELEASE_FILE $EPICS_IN_DOCKER/RELEASE
 
 WORKDIR /opt/epics