diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-image-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/container-image-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..633312c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-image-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Build and Publish Docker Image
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - created
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get latest release version
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(gh release list --limit 1 --json tagName --jq '.[0].tagName')
+          echo "LATEST_VERSION=${LATEST_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check if package exists
+        id: check_package
+        run: |
+          if docker manifest inspect ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Package already exists. Aborting."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u $GITHUB_ACTOR --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker build -t ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }} -f apps/vc-api/Dockerfile .
+
+      - name: Push Docker image to GitHub Packages
+        run: |
+          docker push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e94a1f2..5efcd54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ To run tests across all apps and libraries in one command, a rush script has bee
 $ rush test
 ```
 
+## Release Process
+
+Releases are done by manually creating a new release in GitHub.
+Tooling like `release-please` or `release-it` could be used in the future to automate this process.
+
+The release will trigger [a GitHub Action](/.github/workflows/container-image-publish.yml) to publish the new version to the GitHub Container Registry.
+
 ## Docs Editing
 
 To edit the documentation, you can run the following command to start the docs server: