diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 5b3ac9891e..46a9c83dd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Build Hermes Docker image, push to Docker Hub and GHCR.io.
+# Build Hermes Docker image, push to GHCR.io.
 
 name: Docker
 
@@ -6,117 +6,62 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags:
-      - v[0-9]+.*
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+"
 
 env:
-  REGISTRY_IMAGE: informalsystems/hermes
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  FULL_REF: ${{ inputs.tag && format('refs/tags/{0}', inputs.tag) || github.ref }}
 
 jobs:
-  docker-build:
+  build-and-push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform:
-          - id: linux/amd64
-            name: amd64
-          - id: linux/arm64
-            name: arm64
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      packages: write
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+      # Checking out the repo
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+      - uses: depot/setup-action@v1
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'astriaorg/hermes'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Build and push by digest
-        id: build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: ./ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform.id }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          outputs: type=image,name=${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }},push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-
-      - name: Export digest
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p /tmp/digests
-          digest="${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
-          touch "/tmp/digests/${digest#sha256:}"
-
-      - name: Upload digest
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: digests-${{ matrix.platform.name }}
-          path: /tmp/digests/*
-          if-no-files-found: error
-          retention-days: 1
-
-  docker-merge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - docker-build
-    steps:
-      - name: Download digests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
-          pattern: digests-*
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: /tmp/digests
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}
-
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # Generate correct tabs and labels
+      - name: Docker metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
         with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Create manifest list and push
-        working-directory: /tmp/digests
-        run: |
-          docker buildx imagetools create --tag ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }} \
-            $(printf '${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}@sha256:%s ' *)
-
-      - name: Inspect image
-        run: |
-          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+          images: ghcr.io/astriaorg/hermes
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=match,pattern=refs/tags/v(.*),group=1,enable=${{ startsWith(env.FULL_REF, 'refs/tags/') }},value=${{ env.FULL_REF }}
+            type=sha
+            # set latest tag for `main` branch
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ env.FULL_REF == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: depot/build-push-action@v1
         with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Push image to GHCR
-        run: |
-          docker buildx imagetools create \
-            --tag ghcr.io/${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }} \
-            ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+          # this gets rid of the unknown/unknown image that is created without this setting
+          # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/820#issuecomment-1455687416
+          provenance: false
+          context: .
+          file: ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile
+          platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'astriaorg/hermes' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
+          project: qz2p12cbtf
diff --git a/ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile b/ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile
index 5da3f2c6e1..fdec4ac082 100644
--- a/ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/release/hermes.Dockerfile
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ COPY . .
 RUN cargo build --release
 
 FROM ubuntu:latest
-LABEL maintainer="hello@informal.systems"
-ARG UID=1000
-ARG GID=1000
+LABEL maintainer="jesse@astria.org"
+ARG UID=1001
+ARG GID=1001
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates
 RUN update-ca-certificates
-RUN groupadd -g ${GID} hermes && useradd -l -m hermes -s /bin/bash -u ${UID} -g ${GID}
+RUN groupadd -g ${GID} hermes
+RUN useradd -l -m hermes -s /bin/bash -u ${UID} -g ${GID}
 
 WORKDIR /home/hermes
 USER hermes:hermes