diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ad61200ff..8aef9a41c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and publish the images of the affected projects
         run: |
           devcontainer exec --workspace-folder ../sage-monorepo bash -c ". ./dev-env.sh \
-            && export VERSION=edge \
             && echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin \
-            && nx affected --target=build-image --configuration=ci"
+            && nx affected --target=build-image --configuration=edge"
 
       - name: Remove the dev container
         run: docker rm -f sage_devcontainer
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5d07a710b..5e234cc88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
           devcontainer exec --workspace-folder ../sage-monorepo bash -c ". ./dev-env.sh \
             && export VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }} \
             && echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin \
-            && nx run-many --target=build-image --projects=${{ env.PRODUCT }}-* --configuration=ci"
+            && nx run-many --target=build-image --projects=${{ env.PRODUCT }}-* --configuration=release"
diff --git a/libs/sage-monorepo/nx-plugin/src/plugins/build-image-target.ts b/libs/sage-monorepo/nx-plugin/src/plugins/build-image-target.ts
index 05f686c0a..d106f2ac1 100644
--- a/libs/sage-monorepo/nx-plugin/src/plugins/build-image-target.ts
+++ b/libs/sage-monorepo/nx-plugin/src/plugins/build-image-target.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export async function buildImageTarget(
   return {
     executor: '@nx-tools/nx-container:build',
     outputs: [],
-
     options: {
       context,
     },
@@ -43,10 +42,17 @@ export async function buildImageTarget(
       local: {
         metadata: {
           images: [`ghcr.io/sage-bionetworks/${projectName}`],
-          tags: ['type=edge,branch=main', 'type=raw,value=local', 'type=sha'],
+          tags: ['type=raw,value=local', 'type=sha'],
+        },
+      },
+      edge: {
+        metadata: {
+          images: [`ghcr.io/sage-bionetworks/${projectName}`],
+          tags: ['type=edge,branch=main', 'type=sha'],
         },
+        push: true,
       },
-      ci: {
+      release: {
         metadata: {
           images: [`ghcr.io/sage-bionetworks/${projectName}`],
           tags: ['type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${VERSION}', 'type=sha'],