diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b1331f1..37a7a123 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format
 - **Internal**:
   - The container startup welcome log message now references `DMS_RELEASE` ([#3676](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3676))
   - `VERSION` was incremented for prior releases to be notified of the v13.0.1 patch release ([#3676](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3676))
+  - `VERSION` is no longer included in the image ([#3711](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3711))
   - Update-check: fix 'read' exit status ([#3688](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3688))
 - **Rspamd:**
   - Switch to official arm64 packages to avoid segfaults ([#3686](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3686))
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0f19521a..4d0e3568 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ RUN <<EOF
   update-locale
 EOF
 
-COPY VERSION /
-
 COPY \
   target/bin/* \
   target/scripts/*.sh \