diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a3aab7a..0000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# More info: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#dockerignore-file
-# Ignore build and test binaries.
-bin/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yaml b/.github/workflows/releases.yaml
index cda768d..3829ba4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,21 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         GHR_PATH: bin/manager
+
+    - name: Login to Github Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Build and push
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      with:
+        context: .
+        file: ./Dockerfile.release
+        push: true
+        tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository_owner }}/$(echo ${{ github.repository }} | cut -d'/' -f2):${{ github.ref_name }}
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b7fabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Use distroless as minimal base image to package the manager binary
+# Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+COPY bin/manager /
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+USER 65532:65532
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/manager"]
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