diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f56c093a0e237f7f191a02403df4dee0b707e603..85085dd4a0bec55e66c1229bf9b6a9c568744a28 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ eic_docker:
   script:
      - cd containers/docker
      - make login
-     - make release
+     - make release-cached
 
 eic_singularity:
   stage: phase2
diff --git a/containers/docker/Makefile b/containers/docker/Makefile
index 139aa192186325b478be28ad68fdef959fb68de7..e66f3dffb0ee5060610f84bc99a3c51d35f215c8 100644
--- a/containers/docker/Makefile
+++ b/containers/docker/Makefile
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ publish-latest: ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
 	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
 	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
 	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
+	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
 
 publish-version: tag-version ## Publish the `{version}` taged container to ECR
 	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)'
 	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
 	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
+	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
 
 push: login ## push after login @echo 'push latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest'
 	docker tag  $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest