diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf6c40b31..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-name: Build Docker Images
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: "The tag version you want to build"
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-        contents: read
-        packages: write
-    env:
-      REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Convert repo name to lowercase
-        run: echo "REPO_NAME=$(echo "$REPO_NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
-          logout: false
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ghcr.io/berriai/litellm
-      - name: Get tag to build
-        id: tag
-        run: |
-          echo "latest=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          if [[ -z "${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}" ]]; then
-            echo "versioned=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "versioned=ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-      - name: Debug Info
-        run: |
-          echo "GHCR_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}"
-          echo "REPO_NAME=${{ env.REPO_NAME }}"
-          echo "ACTOR=${{ github.actor }}"
-      - name: Build and push container image to registry
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          push: true
-          tags: ghcr.io/${{ env.REPO_NAME }}:${{ github.sha }}
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-      - name: Build and release Docker images
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: |
-            ${{ steps.tag.outputs.latest }}
-            ${{ steps.tag.outputs.versioned }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          push: true
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
index fc345670c..7e69e8d39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #
-name: Build & Publich to GHCR
+name: Build & Publish to GHCR
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       tag:
         description: "The tag version you want to build"
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 # Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. Used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
 env:
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-      # 
+      #
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -44,5 +46,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: .
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}  # Add the input tag to the image tags
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.event.release.tag_name }} # if a tag is provided, use that, otherwise use the release tag
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}