diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c603324..7fbaf795 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
-- None
+- Change VERSION file format ([#1728](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-docker/pull/1728)) \- (VERSION file)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85c1c2df..32c53dbf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ WAZUH_MONITORING_REPLICAS=0         ##
     │   ├── docker-compose.yml
     │   ├── generate-indexer-certs.yml
     │   └── README.md
-    └── VERSION
+    └── VERSION.json
 
 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index f2616b05..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-WAZUH-DOCKER_VERSION="4.12.0"
-REVISION="41200"
diff --git a/VERSION.json b/VERSION.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23a3b07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "version": "4.12.0",
+    "stage": "alpha0"
+}
diff --git a/build-docker-images/build-images.sh b/build-docker-images/build-images.sh
index 542917fe..d0551e48 100755
--- a/build-docker-images/build-images.sh
+++ b/build-docker-images/build-images.sh
@@ -53,13 +53,8 @@ build() {
         elif curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/tree/${FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH}"; then
             FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH="${FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH}"
         else
-            WAZUH_MASTER_VERSION="$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wazuh/wazuh/master/src/VERSION | sed -e 's/v//g')"
-            if [ "${FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH}" == "${WAZUH_MASTER_VERSION}" ]; then
-                FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH="master"
-            else
-                echo "The indicated branch does not exist in the wazuh/wazuh repository: ${FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH}"
-                clean 1
-            fi
+            echo "The indicated branch does not exist in the wazuh/wazuh repository: ${FILEBEAT_TEMPLATE_BRANCH}"
+            clean 1
         fi
     fi