diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 2365db19..b956b797 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -1165,6 +1165,14 @@ Image Build Settings
     ``!RELEASE_FROM_LABEL_DATE_TYPE_RESPIN``, it will be replaced with a value
     generated as described in :ref:`automatic versioning <auto-version>`.
 
+    If you explicitly set ``release`` to
+    ``!RELEASE_FROM_DATE_RESPIN``, it will be replaced with a value
+    generated as described in :ref:`automatic versioning <auto-version>`.
+
+    If you explicitly set ``version`` to
+    ``!VERSION_FROM_VERSION``, it will be replaced with a value
+    generated as described in :ref:`automatic versioning <auto-version>`.
+
     Please don't set ``install_tree``. This gets automatically set by *pungi*
     based on current variant. You can use ``install_tree_from`` key to use
     install tree from another variant.
diff --git a/pungi/phases/base.py b/pungi/phases/base.py
index 42fc2613..9b0600a8 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/base.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/base.py
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ class ImageConfigMixin(object):
         Get version from configuration hierarchy or fall back to release
         version.
         """
-        return self.get_config(cfg, 'version') or self.compose.image_version
+        return (
+            util.version_generator(self.compose, self.get_config(cfg, "version"))
+            or self.get_config(cfg, "version")
+            or self.compose.image_version
+        )
 
     def get_release(self, cfg):
         """
diff --git a/pungi/util.py b/pungi/util.py
index 8bb33ebe..78a9c9be 100644
--- a/pungi/util.py
+++ b/pungi/util.py
@@ -797,10 +797,14 @@ def version_generator(compose, gen):
         return '%s.%s' % (compose.image_version, compose.image_release)
     elif gen == '!RELEASE_FROM_LABEL_DATE_TYPE_RESPIN':
         return compose.image_release
+    elif gen == '!RELEASE_FROM_DATE_RESPIN':
+        return '%s.%s' % (compose.compose_date, compose.compose_respin)
     elif gen == '!VERSION_FROM_VERSION_DATE_RESPIN':
         return '%s.%s.%s' % (compose.ci_base.release.version,
                              compose.compose_date,
                              compose.compose_respin)
+    elif gen == '!VERSION_FROM_VERSION':
+        return '%s' % (compose.ci_base.release.version)
     elif gen and gen[0] == '!':
         raise RuntimeError("Unknown version generator '%s'" % gen)
     return gen
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index 3fa34804..739ea9e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -655,6 +655,18 @@ class TestVersionGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(util.version_generator(self.compose, '!VERSION_FROM_VERSION_DATE_RESPIN'),
                          '8.20160101.0')
 
+    def test_release_from_date_respin(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            util.version_generator(self.compose, "!RELEASE_FROM_DATE_RESPIN"),
+            "20160101.0",
+        )
+
+    def test_version_from_version(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            util.version_generator(self.compose, "!VERSION_FROM_VERSION"),
+            "8",
+        )
+
 
 class TestTZOffset(unittest.TestCase):
     @mock.patch('time.daylight', new=False)