diff --git a/components/ide-service-api/go/config/ideconfig.go b/components/ide-service-api/go/config/ideconfig.go
index d6df942de27b1b..4e491207e49cd1 100644
--- a/components/ide-service-api/go/config/ideconfig.go
+++ b/components/ide-service-api/go/config/ideconfig.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ type IDEOption struct {
 	PluginImage string `json:"pluginImage,omitempty"`
 	// PluginLatestImage ref for the latest IDE image, this image ref always resolve to digest.
 	PluginLatestImage string `json:"pluginLatestImage,omitempty"`
+	// ImageVersion the semantic version of the IDE image.
+	ImageVersion string `json:"imageVersion,omitempty"`
+	// LatestImageVersion the semantic version of the latest IDE image.
+	LatestImageVersion string `json:"latestImageVersion,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type IDEClient struct {
diff --git a/components/ide-service/go.mod b/components/ide-service/go.mod
index 44ff69ac23670d..00c50eda269c52 100644
--- a/components/ide-service/go.mod
+++ b/components/ide-service/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/gitpod-protocol v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ide-service-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/heptiolabs/healthcheck v0.0.0-20211123025425-613501dd5deb
+	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.13.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
@@ -34,8 +36,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/locker v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve.go b/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve.go
index 687801fc2f5060..93206862fdc7e8 100644
--- a/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve.go
+++ b/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve.go
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ package oci_tool
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	ociv1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
 func Resolve(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, error) {
@@ -32,3 +37,74 @@ func Resolve(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return cref.String(), nil
 }
+
+func interactiveFetchManifestOrIndex(ctx context.Context, res remotes.Resolver, ref string) (name string, result *ociv1.Manifest, err error) {
+	resolved, desc, err := res.Resolve(ctx, ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot resolve %v: %w", ref, err)
+	}
+
+	fetcher, err := res.Fetcher(ctx, resolved)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	in, err := fetcher.Fetch(ctx, desc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+	buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	var mf ociv1.Manifest
+	err = json.Unmarshal(buf, &mf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if mf.Config.Size != 0 {
+		return resolved, &mf, nil
+	}
+	return "", nil, nil
+}
+
+func ResolveIDEVersion(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, error) {
+	newCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*30)
+	defer cancel()
+	res := docker.NewResolver(docker.ResolverOptions{})
+
+	name, mf, err := interactiveFetchManifestOrIndex(newCtx, res, ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	fetcher, err := res.Fetcher(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	cfgin, err := fetcher.Fetch(ctx, mf.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer cfgin.Close()
+
+	var tmp ManifestJSON
+
+	err = json.NewDecoder(cfgin).Decode(&tmp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return tmp.Config.Labels.Version, nil
+}
+
+type ManifestJSON struct {
+	Config struct {
+		Labels struct {
+			Version string `json:"io.gitpod.ide.version"`
+		} `json:"Labels"`
+	} `json:"config"`
+}
diff --git a/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve_test.go b/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..44372ff7ec7a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ide-service/pkg/ocitool/resolve_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package oci_tool
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestResolveIDEVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		ref string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		want    string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "happy path",
+			args: args{
+				ref: "eu.gcr.io/gitpod-core-dev/build/ide/goland:latest@sha256:06bf4d6fb7a55427f5e83e46ed9a2561930981ec044cf914276c0a92b45f5d30",
+			},
+			want:    "2022.3",
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "image for vscode desktop version not found",
+			args: args{
+				ref: "eu.gcr.io/gitpod-core-dev/build/ide/code-desktop:commit-00c77a9d85e85f210b0e564119f7e9889d75317e",
+			},
+			want:    "",
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := ResolveIDEVersion(context.TODO(), tt.args.ref)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("ResolveIDEVersion() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ResolveIDEVersion() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/components/ide-service/pkg/server/ideconfig.go b/components/ide-service/pkg/server/ideconfig.go
index f3c5e4ed009172..af55411f0b1ca7 100644
--- a/components/ide-service/pkg/server/ideconfig.go
+++ b/components/ide-service/pkg/server/ideconfig.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func ParseConfig(ctx context.Context, b []byte) (*config.IDEConfig, error) {
 				option.Image = resolved
 			}
 		}
+		if resolvedVersion, err := oci_tool.ResolveIDEVersion(ctx, option.Image); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("ide config: cannot get version from image")
+		} else {
+			option.ImageVersion = resolvedVersion
+		}
 		if option.LatestImage != "" {
 			if resolved, err := oci_tool.Resolve(ctx, option.LatestImage); err != nil {
 				log.WithError(err).Error("ide config: cannot resolve latest image digest")
@@ -79,6 +84,11 @@ func ParseConfig(ctx context.Context, b []byte) (*config.IDEConfig, error) {
 				log.WithField("ide", id).WithField("image", option.LatestImage).WithField("resolved", resolved).Info("ide config: resolved latest image digest")
 				option.LatestImage = resolved
 			}
+			if resolvedVersion, err := oci_tool.ResolveIDEVersion(ctx, option.LatestImage); err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Error("ide config: cannot get version from image")
+			} else {
+				option.LatestImageVersion = resolvedVersion
+			}
 		}
 		cfg.IdeOptions.Options[id] = option
 	}