diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_docker.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ed477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_docker.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: Build and Push Docker Image
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-dev'
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-dev.[0-9]+'
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc'
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc.[0-9]+'
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    name: Build and Push Docker Image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract tag name
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          IMAGE_NAME_LOWER=$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+          echo "tag=${TAG_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "image_name=${IMAGE_NAME_LOWER}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          if [[ "$TAG_NAME" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "latest=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "latest=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./src/docker/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            ghcr.io/${{ steps.vars.outputs.image_name }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
+            ${{ steps.vars.outputs.latest == 'true' && format('ghcr.io/{0}:latest', steps.vars.outputs.image_name) || '' }}
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=${{ github.repositoryUrl }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ github.event.head_commit.timestamp || github.event.release.published_at || github.event.repository.updated_at }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Confirm tags pushed
+        run: |
+          echo "Published ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}"
+          if [ "${{ steps.vars.outputs.latest }}" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Also tagged as :latest"
+          fi
diff --git a/src/docker/Dockerfile b/src/docker/Dockerfile
index d7e3c67..8a73246 100644
--- a/src/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ RUN pip install .[docker]
 # === STAGE 2: Runtime with only necessary files ===
 FROM python:3.12-alpine
 
+ARG IMAGE_TAG=dev
+ENV IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG}
+
+
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1