diff --git a/.github/action_templates/build-and-push/action.yaml b/.github/action_templates/build-and-push/action.yaml
index 127ab12..8919893 100644
--- a/.github/action_templates/build-and-push/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/action_templates/build-and-push/action.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ inputs:
   dockerfile-name:
     description: 'The name of dockerfile to use'
     required: true
+  tag-name:
+    description: 'The name of tag for the image'
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -36,10 +39,11 @@ runs:
       with:
         context: ./docker
         file: ./docker/${{ inputs.dockerfile-name}}
+        build-args: tag_name=${{ inputs.tag-name}}
         push: true
         platforms: linux/arm64
         tags: |
-          awiciroh/${{ inputs.image-name}}:latest
+          awiciroh/${{ inputs.image-name}}:${{ inputs.tag-name}}
         builder: mybuilder
       env:
         DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_deps_image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_deps_image.yml
index a9f1985..05c2604 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_deps_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_deps_image.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ jobs:
           docker-auth-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_AUTH_TOKEN }}
           github-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
           image-name: "ngen-deps"
-          dockerfile-name: "Dockerfile.ngen-deps"
\ No newline at end of file
+          dockerfile-name: "Dockerfile.ngen-deps"
+          tag-name: "tag-test"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_troute_image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_troute_image.yml
index acc0f94..5e8a60e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_troute_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_troute_image.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           github-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
           image-name: "t-route"
           dockerfile-name: "Dockerfile.t-route"
+          tag-name: "tag-test"
   on-failure:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.t-route b/docker/Dockerfile.t-route
index f4c4767..d91c1a5 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.t-route
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.t-route
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 ARG TROUTE_REPO_URL=https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route.git \
     TROUTE_BRANCH=master \
     TROUTE_COMMIT \
-    WORKDIR=/ngen
+    WORKDIR=/ngen \
+    TAG_NAME tag_name
 
 ################################################################################################################
 ################################################################################################################
 ##### Create intermediate Docker build stage for building t-route in Rocky Linux environment
-FROM awiciroh/ngen-deps:latest as rocky_init_troute_repo
+FROM awiciroh/ngen-deps:$TAG_NAME as rocky_init_troute_repo
 ARG TROUTE_REPO_URL \
     TROUTE_BRANCH \
     TROUTE_COMMIT \
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ RUN cd ${WORKDIR} \
 ################################################################################################################
 ################################################################################################################
 ##### Create intermediate Docker build stage for building t-route in Rocky Linux environment
-FROM awiciroh/ngen-deps:latest as rocky_build_troute
+FROM awiciroh/ngen-deps:$TAG_NAME as rocky_build_troute
 
 ARG REPO_URL \
     BRANCH \