diff --git a/modules/transfair-compose.yml b/modules/transfair-compose.yml
index e827603..85b28ed 100644
--- a/modules/transfair-compose.yml
+++ b/modules/transfair-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 services:
   transfair:
-    image: docker.verbis.dkfz.de/cache/samply/transfair:latest
+    image: docker.verbis.dkfz.de/cache/samply/transfair:${TRANSFAIR_TAG:-latest}
     container_name: bridgehead-transfair
     environment:
       # NOTE: Those 3 variables need only to be passed if their set, otherwise transfair will complain about empty url values