diff --git a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
index 6873de41..d788b7d7 100644
--- a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
+++ b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
@@ -15,17 +15,23 @@
 ARG BASE_DIST
 ARG CUDA_VERSION
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=x.x.x
-ARG VERSION="N/A"
 
 FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-${BASE_DIST}
 
-ENV NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION="${VERSION}"
+ARG VERSION="N/A"
 
 ARG ARTIFACTS_ROOT
 COPY ${ARTIFACTS_ROOT} /artifacts/packages/
 
 WORKDIR /artifacts/packages
+
+ARG GIT_BRANCH
+ARG GIT_COMMIT
+ARG SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+
 # Create a manifest.txt file with the absolute paths of all deb and rpm packages in the container
-RUN find /artifacts/packages -iname '*.deb' -o -iname '*.rpm' > /artifacts/manifest.txt
+RUN echo "IMAGE_EPOCH=$(date '+%s')" | sed 's/^/#/g' > /artifacts/manifest.txt && \
+    env | sed 's/^/#/g' >> /artifacts/manifest.txt && \
+    find /artifacts/packages -iname '*.deb' -o -iname '*.rpm' >> /artifacts/manifest.txt
 
 RUN mkdir /licenses && mv /NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE /licenses/NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE
diff --git a/build/container/Makefile b/build/container/Makefile
index d69b1b69..32fd8fa6 100644
--- a/build/container/Makefile
+++ b/build/container/Makefile
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ $(BUILD_TARGETS): build-%: $(ARTIFACTS_ROOT)
 		--build-arg PACKAGE_DIST="$(PACKAGE_DIST)" \
 		--build-arg PACKAGE_VERSION="$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \
 		--build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" \
+		--build-arg GIT_COMMIT="$(GIT_COMMIT)" \
+		--build-arg GIT_BRANCH="$(GIT_BRANCH)" \
+		--build-arg SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" \
 		--build-arg CVE_UPDATES="$(CVE_UPDATES)" \
 		-f $(DOCKERFILE) \
 		$(CURDIR)
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 45ef77bd..bed58cee 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ CUDA_VERSION := 11.8.0
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.18.8
 
 GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --match="" --dirty --long --always --abbrev=40 2> /dev/null || echo "")
+GIT_BRANCH ?= $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD /dev/null || echo "${GIT_COMMIT}")
+SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell git log -1 --format=%ct  2> /dev/null || echo "")