diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yml b/.github/workflows/image-dev.yml
similarity index 92%
rename from .github/workflows/image.yml
rename to .github/workflows/image-dev.yml
index 59eac0a..bd878aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-dev.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-
-name: publish GLRD container image
+name: dev GLRD container image
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches:
+    # tags:
+    #   - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+    branches-ignore:
       - main
     paths:
       - bin/**
@@ -24,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
         arch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: podman login
         run: |
@@ -73,4 +72,4 @@ jobs:
           podman manifest add ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} oci-archive:/tmp/arm64-oci.tar
       - name: podman push
         run: |
-          podman manifest push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} docker://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
+          podman manifest push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} docker://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-release.yml b/.github/workflows/image-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2484d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: release GLRD container image
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+    # paths:
+    #   - bin/**
+    #   - glrd/**
+    #   - Containerfile
+    #   - requirements.txt
+    #   - setup.py
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'arm64' && 'ubuntu-latest-arm' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        arch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+      - name: set version
+        run: |
+          version=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -d'v' -f2)
+          echo ${version} >VERSION
+      - name: podman login
+        run: |
+          podman login -u token -p ${{ github.token }} ghcr.io
+      - name: podman build
+        run: |
+          podman build --platform linux/${{ matrix.arch }} -t glrd .
+      - name: podman build
+        run: |
+          podman save --format oci-archive glrd >/tmp/${{ matrix.arch }}-oci.tar
+      - name: upload build-${{ matrix.arch }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: /tmp/${{ matrix.arch }}-oci.tar
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1            
+  push:
+    name: push
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+      - name: download build-amd64
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-amd64
+          path: /tmp        
+      - name: download build-arm64
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-arm64
+          path: /tmp        
+      - name: podman login
+        run: |
+          podman login -u token -p ${{ github.token }} ghcr.io
+      - name: podman manifest
+        run: |
+          podman manifest create ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
+          podman manifest add ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} oci-archive:/tmp/amd64-oci.tar
+          podman manifest add ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} oci-archive:/tmp/arm64-oci.tar
+      - name: podman push
+        run: |
+          version=${{ github.ref_name }}
+          podman manifest push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} docker://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:latest
+          podman manifest push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} docker://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${version}
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d6f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3c64c7c..6710333 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ def read_file(file):
         return f.read()
 
 long_description = read_file("README.md")
-# version = read_file("VERSION")
+version = read_file("VERSION")
 requirements = read_requirements("requirements.txt")
 
 setup(
     name="glrd",
-    # version="1.0",
     author = 'Garden Linux Maintainers',
     description = 'Garden Linux Release Database',
     long_description = long_description,