diff --git a/docker/datahub-upgrade/README.md b/docker/datahub-upgrade/README.md
index 67d157e2a53f2a..c9305e9a0c07e9 100644
--- a/docker/datahub-upgrade/README.md
+++ b/docker/datahub-upgrade/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ DATAHUB_MAE_CONSUMER_PORT=9091
 2. Pull (or build) & execute the `datahub-upgrade` container:
 
 ```aidl
-docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade && docker run --env-file *path-to-custom-env-file.env* acryldata/datahub-upgrade:latest -u NoCodeDataMigration
+docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head && docker run --env-file *path-to-custom-env-file.env* acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head -u NoCodeDataMigration
 ```
 
 ## Arguments
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ For example, to run the migration named "NoCodeDataMigration", you would do exec
 OR
 
 ```aidl
-docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade && docker run --env-file env/docker.env acryldata/datahub-upgrade:latest -u NoCodeDataMigration
+docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head && docker run --env-file env/docker.env acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head -u NoCodeDataMigration
 ```
 
 In addition to the required `-u` argument, each upgrade may require specific arguments. You can provide arguments to individual
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ To specify these, you can use a combination of `-a` arguments and of the form *a
 OR 
 
 ```aidl
-docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade && docker run --env-file env/docker.env acryldata/datahub-upgrade:latest -u NoCodeDataMigration -a batchSize=500 -a batchDelayMs=1000
+docker pull acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head && docker run --env-file env/docker.env acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head -u NoCodeDataMigration -a batchSize=500 -a batchDelayMs=1000
 ```
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diff --git a/docker/datahub-upgrade/datahub-upgrade.sh b/docker/datahub-upgrade/datahub-upgrade.sh
index 41cded663313b7..d7acfd0da31929 100755
--- a/docker/datahub-upgrade/datahub-upgrade.sh
+++ b/docker/datahub-upgrade/datahub-upgrade.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 IMAGE=acryldata/datahub-upgrade:head
-cd $DIR && docker pull ${IMAGE} && docker run --env-file ./env/docker.env --network="datahub_network" ${IMAGE} "$@"
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+cd $DIR && docker pull ${IMAGE} && docker run --env-file ./env/docker.env --network="datahub_network" ${IMAGE} "$@"
diff --git a/docker/ingestion/ingestion.sh b/docker/ingestion/ingestion.sh
index 2ac49f6e7eddfb..6d88b395d759b9 100755
--- a/docker/ingestion/ingestion.sh
+++ b/docker/ingestion/ingestion.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+export DATAHUB_VERSION=${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
 cd $DIR && docker-compose pull && docker-compose -p datahub up
diff --git a/docker/quickstart-ember.sh b/docker/quickstart-ember.sh
index 351ead05323c5f..df4ff0106a93b1 100755
--- a/docker/quickstart-ember.sh
+++ b/docker/quickstart-ember.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Quickstarts an Ember-serving variant of DataHub by pulling all images from dockerhub and then running the containers locally.
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+export DATAHUB_VERSION=${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
 cd $DIR && docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.override.yml -f docker-compose.ember.yml pull && docker-compose -p datahub \
     -f docker-compose.yml \
     -f docker-compose.override.yml \
diff --git a/docker/quickstart.sh b/docker/quickstart.sh
index c602bc1b49848d..acb48d2cdd68c6 100755
--- a/docker/quickstart.sh
+++ b/docker/quickstart.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Quickstarts DataHub by pulling all images from dockerhub and then running the containers locally. No images are
-# built locally. Note: by default this pulls the latest version; you can change this to a specific version by setting
+# built locally. Note: by default this pulls the latest (head) version; you can change this to a specific version by setting
 # the DATAHUB_VERSION environment variable.
+export DATAHUB_VERSION=${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-cd $DIR && docker-compose pull && docker-compose -p datahub up
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+cd $DIR && docker-compose pull && docker-compose -p datahub up