diff --git a/atlas/gen/atlas-gen.spec b/atlas/gen/atlas-gen.spec
index 0289715acba29d9d2e53d237ab991c8710992daf..6ff816eb320c1e25f225a8f56a5da28586ba13c0 100644
--- a/atlas/gen/atlas-gen.spec
+++ b/atlas/gen/atlas-gen.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ HEPWL_BMKOPTS="-e 4 -t 2" # -c replaces -n as of v0.11
 HEPWL_BMKDIR=atlas-gen
 HEPWL_BMKDESCRIPTION="ATLAS Event Generation based on athena version 19.2.5.5"
 HEPWL_DOCKERIMAGENAME=atlas-gen-bmk
-HEPWL_DOCKERIMAGETAG=v0.16 # versions >= v0.11 use common bmk driver
+HEPWL_DOCKERIMAGETAG=v1.0 # versions >= v0.11 use common bmk driver
 HEPWL_CVMFSREPOS=atlas.cern.ch,atlas-condb.cern.ch,sft.cern.ch
 HEPWL_EXTEND_SFT_SPEC=./sft_spec_custom.txt