diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
index 429b75547..f3a8d76cb 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) configureBuiltinTransformers(
 	configurators := []transformerConfigurator{
 		kt.configureBuiltinNamespaceTransformer,
 		kt.configureBuiltinNameTransformer,
-		kt.configureBuiltinImageTagTransformer,
 		kt.configureBuiltinLabelTransformer,
 		kt.configureBuiltinAnnotationsTransformer,
 		kt.configureBuiltinPatchJson6902Transformer,
 		kt.configureBuiltinReplicaCountTransformer,
+		kt.configureBuiltinImageTagTransformer,
 	}
 	var result []transformers.Transformer
 	for _, f := range configurators {
diff --git a/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go b/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
index 2c70e6b3d..a77f00d7f 100644
--- a/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/transformersimage_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: costello
+      - image: costello:v8
       dnsPolicy: None
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1