diff --git a/pkg/universe.dagger.io/alpine/alpine.cue b/pkg/universe.dagger.io/alpine/alpine.cue
index 6dd35979..e2ad532e 100644
--- a/pkg/universe.dagger.io/alpine/alpine.cue
+++ b/pkg/universe.dagger.io/alpine/alpine.cue
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import (
 	version: string | *"3.15.0@sha256:21a3deaa0d32a8057914f36584b5288d2e5ecc984380bc0118285c70fa8c9300"
 
 	// List of packages to install
-	packages: [pkgName=string]: version: string | *""
+	packages: [pkgName=string]: {
+		// NOTE(samalba, gh issue #1532):
+		//   it's not recommended to pin the version as it is already pinned by the major Alpine version
+		//   version pinning is for future use (as soon as we support custom repositories like `community`,
+		//   `testing` or `edge`)
+		version: string | *""
+	}
 
 	docker.#Build & {
 		steps: [