diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-and-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/package-and-release.yaml
index 0001b778b33..ea348919c01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-and-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-and-release.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.create-tag.outputs.version }}
+      is_major_version:  ${{ needs.get-params.outputs.is-release-candidate !='true' && needs.get-params.outputs.should-create-release == 'true' }}
   release-docs:
     needs: [
       get-params,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-image.yaml
index 745b296a451..58b2e3c3ddd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-image.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true
         type: string
-
+      is_major_version:
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 jobs:
   create-docker-image:
     strategy:
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get the name of the wheel and set up env variables
         run: |
           echo "WHEEL_FILENAME=$(ls -1 *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          TAG_NAME=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/tt-metalium/${{ matrix.os }}-amd64/${{ matrix.arch }}:${{ inputs.version }}
+          REPO_IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/tt-metalium/${{ matrix.os }}-amd64/${{ matrix.arch }}
+          echo "REPO_IMAGE_NAME=$REPO_IMAGE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          TAG_NAME=$REPO_IMAGE_NAME:${{ inputs.version }}
           echo "TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
@@ -44,3 +49,10 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
           context: .
           file: dockerfile/release.Dockerfile
+
+      - name: Tag latest if this is a major version release
+        if: ${{ is_major_version }}
+        run: |
+          docker pull $TAG_NAME
+          docker tag $TAG_NAME $REPO_IMAGE_NAME:latest
+          docker push $REPO_IMAGE_NAME:latest