diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 208b185969664aa7223566d9fef0d7909308830c..f91ea5b2ff4f8d1083a8b32aa970d02a2520c384 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ setup_environment:
     - git checkout -b integration
     - git merge upstream/dev
     - echo "CRI_XCBC_HEAD=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build.env
+    - echo "BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y%m%d)" >> $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build.env
+    - echo 'Build date:' $(TZ=America/Chicago date)
     - cd ..
     - s3cmd get --force --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://ood-config/group_vars/all CRI_XCBC/group_vars/prod
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://cheaha-cloud-ansible-files/ ansible/files/
@@ -79,8 +81,8 @@ build_image:
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer validate openstack-ood
     - >
       PKR_VAR_build_instance_name="ood-${CRI_XCBC_HEAD}"
-      PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=true
-      PKR_VAR_image_name=ood
+      PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=false
+      PKR_VAR_image_name="ood-${BUILD_DATE}"
       $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/packer build openstack-ood
 
 cleanup: