diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 6d84b530..ca9a94fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish Docker Image
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
 
 concurrency:
   group: docker-release-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -11,27 +11,32 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && !contains(github.ref_name, '-')
+    if: ${{ !github.event.release.prerelease && startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'v') && !contains(github.event.release.tag_name, '-') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
 
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout release tag
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Validate stable semver tag
         id: tag
         run: |
-          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+          if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
             echo "publish=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             exit 0
           fi
 
           echo "publish=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Skipping non-stable semver tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          echo "Skipping non-stable semver tag ${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         if: steps.tag.outputs.publish == 'true'
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.tag.outputs.publish == 'true'
         id: meta
         run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          VERSION="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
           MINOR="${VERSION%.*}"
           MAJOR="${VERSION%%.*}"
           OWNER_LOWER=$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')