diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a597417..04aea7ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
 LIB_VERSION := 1.7.0
 LIB_TAG := rc.2
 
+# Specify the nvidia-docker2 and nvidia-container-runtime package versions
+NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION := 2.8.0
+NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION := 3.6.0
+
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.16.3
 MODULE := github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-all-components.sh b/scripts/build-all-components.sh
index a8400f8f..b3fe5d3c 100755
--- a/scripts/build-all-components.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-all-components.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ fi
 # The LIB_TAG is also overridden to match the TOOLKIT_TAG.
 # Build nvidia-container-runtime
 make -C ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT} \
+    LIB_VERSION="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION}" \
     LIB_TAG="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}" \
     TOOLKIT_VERSION="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION}" \
     TOOLKIT_TAG="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}" \
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ make -C ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT} \
 
 # Build nvidia-docker2
 make -C ${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT} \
+    LIB_VERSION="${NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION}" \
     LIB_TAG="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}" \
     TOOLKIT_VERSION="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION}" \
     TOOLKIT_TAG="${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}" \
diff --git a/scripts/get-component-versions.sh b/scripts/get-component-versions.sh
index 268f8551..b1ef6c52 100755
--- a/scripts/get-component-versions.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-component-versions.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ set -e
 SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
 PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.. && pwd )"
 
-: ${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/libnvidia-container}
-: ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}}
-: ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime}
-: ${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-docker}
+LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/libnvidia-container
+NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT}
+NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
+NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-docker
 
 # Get version for libnvidia-container
 libnvidia_container_version_tag=$(grep "#define NVC_VERSION" ${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT}/src/nvc.h \
@@ -43,16 +43,15 @@ nvidia_container_toolkit_tag=$(grep -m 1 "^LIB_TAG .= " ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLK
 nvidia_container_toolkit_version_tag="${nvidia_container_toolkit_version}${nvidia_container_toolkit_tag:+~${nvidia_container_toolkit_tag}}"
 
 # Get version for nvidia-container-runtime
-nvidia_container_runtime_version=$(grep -m 1 "^LIB_VERSION := " ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/LIB_VERSION :=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
-nvidia_container_runtime_tag=$(grep -m 1 "^LIB_TAG .= " ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/LIB_TAG .=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
+nvidia_container_runtime_version=$(grep -m 1 "^NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION := " ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION :=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
+nvidia_container_runtime_tag=${nvidia_container_toolkit_tag}
 nvidia_container_runtime_version_tag="${nvidia_container_runtime_version}${nvidia_container_runtime_tag:+~${nvidia_container_runtime_tag}}"
 
 # Get version for nvidia-docker
-nvidia_docker_version=$(grep -m 1 "^LIB_VERSION := " ${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/LIB_VERSION :=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
-nvidia_docker_tag=$(grep -m 1 "^LIB_TAG .= " ${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/LIB_TAG .=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
+nvidia_docker_version=$(grep -m 1 "^NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION := " ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/Makefile | sed -e 's/NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION :=[[:space:]]\(.*\)[[:space:]]*/\1/')
+nvidia_docker_tag=${nvidia_container_toolkit_tag}
 nvidia_docker_version_tag="${nvidia_docker_version}${nvidia_docker_tag:+~${nvidia_docker_tag}}"
 
-
 echo "LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION=${libnvidia_container_version_tag}"
 echo "NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION=${nvidia_container_toolkit_version}"
 echo "NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG=${nvidia_container_toolkit_tag}"
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index e436d899..5b0e74ee 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ fi
 eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG
+export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION
+export NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION
 
 for target in ${targets[@]}; do
     ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/build-all-components.sh ${target}