diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
index 929ff41a9b4..4cae19864ea 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ public GenericContainer(@NonNull final Future<String> image) {
     }
 
     public void setImage(Future<String> image) {
+        this.image = new RemoteDockerImage(image);
         this.containerDef.setImage(new RemoteDockerImage(image));
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainerTest.java
index fb0b216bce2..901f8a1eac1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainerTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.testcontainers.TestImages;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.startupcheck.StartupCheckStrategy;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.AbstractWaitStrategy;
+import org.testcontainers.images.RemoteDockerImage;
 import org.testcontainers.images.builder.ImageFromDockerfile;
 import org.testcontainers.images.builder.Transferable;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
@@ -222,6 +223,14 @@ public void testArchitectureCheck() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnTheProvidedImage() {
+        GenericContainer container = new GenericContainer(TestImages.REDIS_IMAGE);
+        assertThat(container.getImage().get()).isEqualTo("redis:3.0.2");
+        container.setImage(new RemoteDockerImage(TestImages.ALPINE_IMAGE));
+        assertThat(container.getImage().get()).isEqualTo("alpine:3.16");
+    }
+
     static class NoopStartupCheckStrategy extends StartupCheckStrategy {
 
         @Override