diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-autoinstrumentation-java.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-autoinstrumentation-java.yaml
index dda8385143..9d78adf4db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-autoinstrumentation-java.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-autoinstrumentation-java.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
             ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/autoinstrumentation-java
           tags: |
             type=match,pattern=v(.*),group=1,value=v${{ env.VERSION }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}},value=v${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
diff --git a/autoinstrumentation/java/version.txt b/autoinstrumentation/java/version.txt
index 10c2c0c3d6..1707497749 100644
--- a/autoinstrumentation/java/version.txt
+++ b/autoinstrumentation/java/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.10.0
+1.33.6