diff --git a/IMAGES.rst b/IMAGES.rst
index 0e9f38b72650b..7aa3427c52cd4 100644
--- a/IMAGES.rst
+++ b/IMAGES.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ additional apt dev and runtime dependencies.
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ based on example in `this comment <https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/8605
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow/production-deployment.rst b/docs/apache-airflow/production-deployment.rst
index a08e5ab49c58a..a80c93106049a 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow/production-deployment.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow/production-deployment.rst
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ additional apt dev and runtime dependencies.
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ based on example in `this comment <https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/8605
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
@@ -332,6 +334,7 @@ or
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
@@ -621,7 +624,9 @@ production image. There are three types of build:
 | ``AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION``       | Optional - might be used for      |
 |                                   | package installation case to      |
 |                                   | set Airflow version for example   |
-|                                   | "==1.10.13"                       |
+|                                   | "==1.10.13". Remember to also     |
+|                                   | Set ``AIRFLOW_VERSION``           |
+|                                   | when you use it.                  |
 +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
 | ``AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE`` | reference (branch or tag) from    |
 |                                   | GitHub where constraints file     |
@@ -688,6 +693,7 @@ of v1-10-test branch.
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_BRANCH="v1-10-test" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1.10.13" \
@@ -703,6 +709,7 @@ additional python dependencies and pre-installed pip dependencies from 1.10.13 t
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_BRANCH="v1-10-test" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1.10.13" \
@@ -720,6 +727,7 @@ additional apt dev and runtime dependencies.
     --build-arg PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.7-slim-buster" \
     --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7 \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES="apache-airflow" \
+    --build-arg AIRFLOW_VERSION="1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION="==1.10.13" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_CONSTRAINTS_REFERENCE="constraints-1-10" \
     --build-arg AIRFLOW_SOURCES_FROM="empty" \
diff --git a/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_images.sh b/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_images.sh
index 2ee1e0e9ae09d..0625413753b8d 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_images.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_images.sh
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ function build_images::prepare_prod_build() {
         EXTRA_DOCKER_PROD_BUILD_FLAGS=(
             "--build-arg" "AIRFLOW_INSTALL_SOURCES=apache-airflow"
             "--build-arg" "AIRFLOW_INSTALL_VERSION===${INSTALL_AIRFLOW_VERSION}"
+            "--build-arg" "AIRFLOW_VERSION=${INSTALL_AIRFLOW_VERSION}"
         )
         export AIRFLOW_VERSION="${INSTALL_AIRFLOW_VERSION}"
         if [[ ${AIRFLOW_VERSION} == "1.10.2" || ${AIRFLOW_VERSION} == "1.10.1" ]]; then