diff --git a/cli/contributing/update/README.md b/cli/contributing/update/README.md
index 00eff7b60f..84e5e19a02 100644
--- a/cli/contributing/update/README.md
+++ b/cli/contributing/update/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ stalwart:
 ```
 
 `key` names the pinned key and defaults to `version`; an entity with several
-pins declares a list of such blocks. Types:
+pins declares a list of such blocks. An `image` + `version` pin that declares a
+source for `version` is bumped from that source alone, the Docker updater skips
+it. Types:
 
 | `type`          | Fields                | Reads                                  |
 | --------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
diff --git a/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_docker.py b/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_docker.py
index 4fac5a7802..b44f72ef2a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_docker.py
+++ b/tests/unit/python/utils/update/test_docker.py
@@ -5,7 +5,33 @@ import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from utils.cache.files import read_text
-from utils.update.docker import _registry_cursor, update_config_versions
+from utils.roles.mapping import ROLE_FILE_META_SERVICES
+from utils.update.docker import (
+    _registry_cursor,
+    collect_entries,
+    sourced_services,
+    update_config_versions,
+)
+
+SOURCED = """bundled:
+  image: example/app
+  version: v1.0.0
+  update:
+    type: http_regex
+    url: https://example.invalid/bundle
+    pattern: "app:(v[0-9.]+)"
+tracked:
+  image: example/side
+  version: v2.0.0
+  other_version: v3.0.0
+  update:
+    - key: other_version
+      type: git_tags
+      repository: https://example.invalid/side.git
+plain:
+  image: example/plain
+  version: v4.0.0
+"""
 
 
 class TestRegistryCursor(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -16,6 +42,20 @@ class TestRegistryCursor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(_registry_cursor("19.1.1"))
 
 
+class TestDeclaredSource(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_a_version_with_its_own_source_is_left_to_that_source(self) -> None:
+        root = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
+        config = root / "roles" / "web-app-example" / ROLE_FILE_META_SERVICES
+        config.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+        config.write_text(SOURCED, encoding="utf-8")
+
+        self.assertEqual(sourced_services(config), {"bundled"})
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sorted(entry.service for entry in collect_entries(root)),
+            ["plain", "tracked"],
+        )
+
+
 class TestUpdateDocker(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_update_config_versions_updates_only_target_services(self) -> None:
         original = """moodle:
diff --git a/utils/update/base.py b/utils/update/base.py
index 892cbd7be3..c4fa188346 100644
--- a/utils/update/base.py
+++ b/utils/update/base.py
@@ -105,3 +105,19 @@ def is_maintained(roles_root: Path, role: str) -> bool:
     """
     lifecycle = get_role_lifecycle(roles_root / role, role_name=role)
     return lifecycle not in UNMAINTAINED_LIFECYCLES
+
+
+def declares_source(config: object, key: str) -> bool:
+    """Report whether a services entity names its own upstream for a pin.
+
+    Args:
+        config: one entity of ``meta/services.yml``.
+        key: the pinned key; an ``update:`` block without ``key`` names
+            ``version``.
+    """
+    declared = config.get("update") if isinstance(config, dict) else None
+    sources = declared if isinstance(declared, list) else [declared]
+    return any(
+        isinstance(source, dict) and source.get("key", "version") == key
+        for source in sources
+    )
diff --git a/utils/update/docker.py b/utils/update/docker.py
index 65af50cd0d..7c44bed6bf 100644
--- a/utils/update/docker.py
+++ b/utils/update/docker.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ walker that rewrites the matching ``version:`` line.
 
 Suppress a check by placing ``# nocheck: docker-version`` on the line
 directly above the ``version:`` key.
+
+A ``version`` that names its own upstream in an ``update:`` block belongs to
+:mod:`utils.update.source` and is not collected here.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ import yaml
 
 from utils.annotations.suppress import is_suppressed_at
 from utils.cache.files import read_text
+from utils.cache.yaml import load_yaml
 from utils.docker.image.discovery import iter_role_images
 from utils.docker.image.ref import (
     DOCKER_HUB_REGISTRIES,
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ from utils.docker.image.ref import (
 from utils.docker.registry import fetch_registry_tags
 from utils.roles.mapping import ROLE_FILE_META_SERVICES
 from utils.update.base import (
+    declares_source,
     is_maintained,
     is_semver,
     latest_semver,
@@ -265,6 +270,20 @@ def suppressed_services(config_path: Path) -> set[str]:
     return names
 
 
+def sourced_services(config_path: Path) -> set[str]:
+    """Return service names whose ``version`` declares its own upstream.
+
+    Args:
+        config_path: a role's ``meta/services.yml``.
+    """
+    services = load_yaml(str(config_path)) or {}
+    return {
+        str(service)
+        for service, config in services.items()
+        if declares_source(config, "version")
+    }
+
+
 def collect_entries(repo_root: Path) -> list[DockerImageVersionEntry]:
     roles_root = repo_root / "roles"
     entries: list[DockerImageVersionEntry] = []
@@ -280,6 +299,8 @@ def collect_entries(repo_root: Path) -> list[DockerImageVersionEntry]:
         config_path = roles_root / ref.role / ROLE_FILE_META_SERVICES
         if ref.service in suppressed_services(config_path):
             continue
+        if ref.service in sourced_services(config_path):
+            continue
 
         if ref.registry == "docker.io":
             image = ref.name