diff --git a/.env.docker b/.env.docker
index 98970f858..64725c0fb 100644
--- a/.env.docker
+++ b/.env.docker
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ SAS_EXPRESS_BIND_HOST=0.0.0.0
 # Port exposed by the container
 SAS_EXPRESS_PORT=8080
 
+SAS_SUBSTRATE_WS_URL=wss://rpc.polkadot.io
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-container.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-container.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..291bb41af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-container.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Build and Publish container for new releases
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name:                         Build and push image
+    runs-on:                      ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # this matrix runs the jobs twice, in parallel. This is due to
+        # both buildah actions can't manage more than one image tag.
+        tag:
+          - latest
+          - ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+    env:
+      REGISTRY:                   docker.io/parity
+      IMAGE_NAME:                 substrate-api-sidecar
+      VERSION:                    ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses:                       actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name:                       Build Image tagged ${{ matrix.tag }}
+      uses:                       redhat-actions/buildah-build@v1
+      with:
+        image:                    ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+        tag:                      ${{ matrix.tag }}
+        dockerfiles: |
+          ./Dockerfile
+        build-args: |
+          VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+          VCS_REF=${{ github.ref }}
+          BUILD_DATE=${{ github.event.release.published_at }}
+
+    - name:                       Push image tagged ${{ matrix.tag }} to docker.io
+      id:                         push-to-dockerhub
+      uses:                       redhat-actions/push-to-registry@v1
+      with:
+        registry:                 ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        image:                    ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+        tag:                      ${{ matrix.tag }}
+        username:                 ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password:                 ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name:                       Check the image
+      run: |
+        echo "New image has been pushed to ${{ steps.push-to-dockerhub.outputs.registry-path }}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2ed64e6f9..c58a2b3b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
-FROM node:15 as builder
-LABEL author="chevdor@gmail.com"
+FROM docker.io/library/node:15 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /opt/builder
 
 COPY . .
-RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y && \
-    . $HOME/.cargo/env && \
-    cargo install wasm-pack && \
-    yarn install && \
+
+RUN yarn install && \
     yarn build
 
 # ---------------------------------
 
-FROM node:15-alpine
+FROM docker.io/library/node:15-alpine
+
+# metadata
+ARG VERSION=""
+ARG VCS_REF=master
+ARG BUILD_DATE=""
+
+LABEL summary="Substrate-api-sidecar." \
+	name="parity/substrate-api-sidecar" \
+	maintainer="devops-team@parity.io, chevdor@gmail.com" \
+	version="${VERSION}" \
+	description="Substrate-api-sidecar image." \
+	io.parity.image.vendor="Parity Technologies" \
+	io.parity.image.source="https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar/blob/\
+${VCS_REF}/Dockerfile" \
+	io.parity.image.documentation="https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar/\
+blob/${VCS_REF}/README.md" \
+	io.parity.image.revision="${VCS_REF}" \
+	io.parity.image.created="${BUILD_DATE}"
+
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 COPY --from=builder /opt/builder /usr/src/app
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7d922b21..3482890b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -206,7 +206,15 @@ CALC_DEBUG=1 sh calc/build.sh
 
 ## Docker
 
-### Build
+### Pull the latest release
+
+```bash
+docker pull docker.io/parity/substrate-api-sidecar:latest
+```
+
+The specific image tag matches the release version.
+
+### Or build from source
 
 ```bash
 yarn build:docker
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ac2a4f05c..d6ce6b507 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3.8"
 services:
   polkadot:
     container_name: polkadot
-    image: chevdor/polkadot:latest
+    image: docker.io/parity/polkadot:latest
     volumes:
       - ~/polkadot-data:/data
     # ports:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
 
   sidecar:
     # build: .
-    image: chevdor/substrate-api-sidecar
+    image: docker.io/parity/substrate-api-sidecar:latest
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     environment: