diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 09998f244..9fd9c3e66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ jobs:
           devcontainer exec --workspace-folder ../sage-monorepo bash -c ". ./dev-env.sh \
             && export VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }} \
             && echo $DOCKER_PASSWORD | docker login --username $DOCKER_USERNAME --password-stdin ghcr.io \
-            && nx build-image ${{ env.PRODUCT }}-apex --configuration=ci"
+            && nx run-many --target=build-image --projects=${{ env.PRODUCT }}-* --configuration=ci"
diff --git a/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json b/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
index d230a39aa..054385e14 100644
--- a/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
+++ b/apps/openchallenges/apex/project.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         "ci": {
           "metadata": {
             "images": ["ghcr.io/sage-bionetworks/{projectName}"],
-            "tags": ["type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${VERSION}", "type=sha"]
+            "tags": ["type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${VERSION}", "type=sha"],
+            "push": true
           }
         }
       },