diff --git a/tools/releasing/packaging/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/releasing/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
index e53c459d..e3d6c3bf 100644
--- a/tools/releasing/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/releasing/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Dockerfile to build a ubuntu image containing the installed Debian package of a release 
-ARG PRECICE_TAG=develop
+ARG PRECICE_TAG=nightly
 ARG from=precice/precice:${PRECICE_TAG}
 FROM $from