diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a91eb96c3a1e9318a3a0bae43919e46e56622960..e33f21b8810695035c41f1f93d0fe0ed010c8c4e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ docker_image:
   only:
     - master
     - ci_dev
+  script:
+    - cd containers/docker && make release-latest
+
+docker_tag:
+  image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/ubuntu_dind:latest
+  stage: container
+  tags:
+    - sodium
+  only:
+    - tags
   script:
     - cd containers/docker && make release
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bb2e3f679e71349ff7a29fd5007f21ecb9549b3..d2cd4580192a1fb2409056bfa8dbfea117a36d91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2 FATAL_ERROR)
-project(NPDet VERSION 0.2.0
+project(NPDet VERSION 0.3.0
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(BUILD_DATA_MODEL "build the dd4pod datamodel" ON)
diff --git a/containers/docker/Makefile b/containers/docker/Makefile
index 0c8561336bf2cee76fe3e8059b28e4963bcc420c..564151dc50aec3a61f1c821a5fc8ee62a21fe91f 100644
--- a/containers/docker/Makefile
+++ b/containers/docker/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ login: ## Auto login to AWS-ECR unsing aws-cli
 	@docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
 	echo "Login COMPLETE"
 
+release-latest: build login publish-latest ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
+
 release: build-nc publish cleanup## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
 
 release-cached: build publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR