diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2b809e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: docker-publish-release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release/*
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  CACHE-FROM: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+  CACHE-TO: /tmp/.buildx-cache-new
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Install GitVersion
+      uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v1.1.1
+      with:
+        versionSpec: '5.x'
+
+    - name: Determine SemVer
+      uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v1.1.1
+      with:
+        useConfigFile: true
+
+    - run: |
+        echo "SemVer ${{ env.semVer }} FullSemVer ${{ env.fullSemVer }}"
+      name: Display SemVer
+
+    - name: Setup Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      with:
+        install: true
+        driver-opts: image=moby/buildkit:master
+
+    - name: Cache docker layers
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
+      if: ${{ success() }}
+
+    - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      if: ${{ success() }}
+
+    # Build And Push Image
+    - name: Build docker image release
+      run: make docker-release-build
+      if: ${{ success() }}
+
+    - name: Push docker image release
+      run: make docker-release-push
+      if: ${{ success() }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97420a3ee..c40ad271c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 .PHONY: compile-el compile-dl clean protoc lint build unit-tests integration-tests-churner integration-tests-indexer integration-tests-inabox integration-tests-inabox-nochurner integration-tests-graph-indexer
 
+ifeq ($(wildcard .git/*),)
+$(warning semver disabled - building from release zip)
+GITCOMMIT := ""
+GITDATE := ""
+SEMVER := $(shell basename $(CURDIR))
+else
+GITCOMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+GITDATE := $(shell git log -1 --format=%cd --date=unix)
+SEMVER := $(shell docker run --rm --volume "$(PWD):/repo" gittools/gitversion:5.12.0 /repo -output json -showvariable SemVer)
+ifeq ($(SEMVER), )
+$(warning semver disabled - docker not installed)
+SEMVER := "0.0.0"
+endif
+endif
+
+RELEASE_TAG := $(or $(RELEASE_TAG),latest)
+
 PROTOS := ./api/proto
 PROTOS_DISPERSER := ./disperser/api/proto
 PROTO_GEN := ./api/grpc
@@ -75,3 +92,12 @@ integration-tests-graph-indexer:
 integration-tests-dataapi:
 	make dataapi-build
 	go test -v ./disperser/dataapi
+
+docker-release-build:
+	RELEASE_TAG=${SEMVER} docker compose -f docker-compose-release.yaml build --build-arg SEMVER=${SEMVER} --build-arg GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT} --build-arg GITDATE=${GITDATE} 
+
+docker-release-push:
+	RELEASE_TAG=${SEMVER} docker compose -f docker-compose-release.yaml push
+
+semver:
+	echo "${SEMVER}"
diff --git a/docker-compose-release.yaml b/docker-compose-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b567e19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file is used for building and pushing images
+services:
+  node:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: node/cmd/Dockerfile
+    image: ghcr.io/layr-labs/eigenda/node:${RELEASE_TAG}
+  nodeplugin:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: node/plugin/cmd/Dockerfile
+    image: ghcr.io/layr-labs/eigenda/nodeplugin:${RELEASE_TAG}