diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
index 51e7ba4311..a29514968b 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV INSTALL_IN_GOPATH=false
 
 COPY install_yq.sh /usr/bin/install_yq.sh
+COPY install_oras.sh /usr/bin/install_oras.sh
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
-# Install yq and docker
+# Install yq, oras, and docker
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         ca-certificates \
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         sudo && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/ && \
     install_yq.sh && \
+    install_oras.sh && \
     curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && \
     if uname -m | grep -Eq 's390x|ppc64le'; then export VERSION="v20.10" && \
     sed -i 's/\<docker-compose-plugin\>//g' get-docker.sh; fi && \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/install_oras.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/install_oras.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..973a102050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/install_oras.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+install_dest="/usr/local/bin"
+
+function get_installed_oras_version() {
+	oras version | grep Version | sed -e s/Version:// | tr -d [:blank:]
+}
+
+oras_required_version="v1.1.0"
+if command -v oras; then
+	if [[ "${oras_required_version}" == "v$(get_installed_oras_version)" ]]; then
+		echo "ORAS is already installed in the system"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	echo "Proceeding to cleanup the previous installed version of ORAS, and install the version specified in the versions.yaml file"
+	oras_system_path=$(which oras)
+	sudo rm -f ${oras_system_path}
+fi
+
+arch=$(uname -m)
+if [ "${arch}" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+	echo "An ORAS release for ppc64le is not available yet."
+	exit 0
+fi
+if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	arch="amd64"
+fi
+if [ "${arch}" = "aarch64" ]; then
+	arch="arm64"
+fi
+oras_tarball="oras_${oras_required_version#v}_linux_${arch}.tar.gz"
+
+echo "Downloading ORAS ${oras_required_version}"
+sudo curl -OL https://github.com/oras-project/oras/releases/download/${oras_required_version}/${oras_tarball}
+
+echo "Installing ORAS to ${install_dest}"
+sudo mkdir -p "${install_dest}"
+sudo tar -C "${install_dest}" -xzf "${oras_tarball}"
+sudo rm -f "${oras_tarball}"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index 5c336cc8b0..47cf2dd1dd 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -77,23 +77,44 @@ docker build -q -t build-kata-deploy \
 	--build-arg HOST_DOCKER_GID=${docker_gid} \
 	"${script_dir}/dockerbuild/"
 
+CI="${CI:-}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY:-}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME:-}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD:-}"
+TARGET_BRANCH="${TARGET_BRANCH:-}"
+BUILDER_REGISTRY="${BUILDER_REGISTRY:-}"
+PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY:-"no"}"
+INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}"
+MEASURED_ROOTFS="${MEASURED_ROOTFS:-}"
+USE_CACHE="${USE_CACHE:-}"
+
 docker run \
 	-v $HOME/.docker:/root/.docker \
 	-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
 	-v "${kata_dir}:${kata_dir}" \
-	--env CI="${CI:-}" \
+	--env CI="${CI}" \
 	--env USER=${USER} \
-	--env BUILDER_REGISTRY="${BUILDER_REGISTRY:-}" \
-	--env PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY:-"no"}" \
-	--env INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER:-}" \
-	--env MEASURED_ROOTFS="${MEASURED_ROOTFS:-}" \
-	--env USE_CACHE="${USE_CACHE:-}" \
+	--env ARTEFACT_REGISTRY="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY}" \
+	--env ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME}" \
+	--env ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" \
+	--env TARGET_BRANCH="${TARGET_BRANCH}" \
+	--env BUILDER_REGISTRY="${BUILDER_REGISTRY}" \
+	--env PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY}" \
+	--env INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${INITRAMFS_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${KERNEL_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${OVMF_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${QEMU_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${SHIM_V2_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${TDSHIM_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER="${VIRTIOFSD_CONTAINER_BUILDER}" \
+	--env MEASURED_ROOTFS="${MEASURED_ROOTFS}" \
+	--env USE_CACHE="${USE_CACHE}" \
 	--env CROSS_BUILD="${CROSS_BUILD}" \
 	--env TARGET_ARCH="${TARGET_ARCH}" \
 	--env ARCH="${ARCH}" \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index 4a1b256f1a..3e80612332 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ readonly cached_artifacts_path="lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/artifacts"
 ARCH=${ARCH:-$(uname -m)}
 MEASURED_ROOTFS=${MEASURED_ROOTFS:-no}
 USE_CACHE="${USE_CACHE:-"yes"}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY:-}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME:-}"
+ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD:-}"
+TARGET_BRANCH="${TARGET_BRANCH:=}"
+PUSH_TO_REGISTRY="${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY:-}"
 
 workdir="${WORKDIR:-$PWD}"
 
@@ -161,11 +166,14 @@ install_image() {
 	local libseccomp_version="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.libseccomp.version")"
 	local rust_version="$(get_from_kata_deps "languages.rust.meta.newest-version")"
 
+	latest_artefact="${osbuilder_last_commit}-${guest_image_last_commit}-${agent_last_commit}-${libs_last_commit}-${gperf_version}-${libseccomp_version}-${rust_version}-${image_type}"
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${component}" \
 		"${jenkins}" \
-		"${osbuilder_last_commit}-${guest_image_last_commit}-${agent_last_commit}-${libs_last_commit}-${gperf_version}-${libseccomp_version}-${rust_version}-${image_type}" \
-		"" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -209,13 +217,16 @@ install_initrd() {
 	local libseccomp_version="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.libseccomp.version")"
 	local rust_version="$(get_from_kata_deps "languages.rust.meta.newest-version")"
 
+	latest_artefact="${osbuilder_last_commit}-${guest_image_last_commit}-${agent_last_commit}-${libs_last_commit}-${gperf_version}-${libseccomp_version}-${rust_version}-${initrd_type}"
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	[[ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" && "${CROSS_BUILD}" == "true" ]] && echo "warning: Don't cross build initrd for aarch64 as it's too slow" && exit 0
 
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${component}" \
 		"${jenkins}" \
-		"${osbuilder_last_commit}-${guest_image_last_commit}-${agent_last_commit}-${libs_last_commit}-${gperf_version}-${libseccomp_version}-${rust_version}-${initrd_type}" \
-		"" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -250,11 +261,14 @@ install_cached_kernel_tarball_component() {
 	local kernel_name=${1}
 	local module_dir=${2:-""}
 
+	latest_artefact="${kernel_version}-${kernel_kata_config_version}-$(get_last_modification $(dirname $kernel_builder))"
+	latest_builder_image="$(get_kernel_image_name)"
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${kernel_name}" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-${kernel_name}-${ARCH}/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${kernel_version}-${kernel_kata_config_version}-$(get_last_modification $(dirname $kernel_builder))" \
-		"$(get_kernel_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		|| return 1
@@ -267,8 +281,8 @@ install_cached_kernel_tarball_component() {
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${kernel_name}" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-${kernel_name}-$(uname -m)/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${kernel_version}-${kernel_kata_config_version}-$(get_last_modification $(dirname $kernel_builder))" \
-		"$(get_kernel_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"kata-static-kernel-sev-modules.tar.xz" \
 		"${workdir}/kata-static-kernel-sev-modules.tar.xz" \
 		|| return 1
@@ -387,11 +401,14 @@ install_qemu_helper() {
 	export qemu_repo="$(get_from_kata_deps ${qemu_repo_yaml_path})"
 	export qemu_version="$(get_from_kata_deps ${qemu_version_yaml_path})"
 
+	latest_artefact="${qemu_version}-$(calc_qemu_files_sha256sum)"
+	latest_builder_image="$(get_qemu_image_name)"
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${qemu_name}" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-${qemu_name}-${ARCH}/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${qemu_version}-$(calc_qemu_files_sha256sum)" \
-		"$(get_qemu_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -436,11 +453,14 @@ install_qemu_snp_experimental() {
 install_firecracker() {
 	local firecracker_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.hypervisor.firecracker.version")
 
+	latest_artefact="${firecracker_version}"
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"firecracker" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-firecracker-$(uname -m)/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${firecracker_version}" \
-		"" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -458,11 +478,14 @@ install_clh_helper() {
 	features="${2}"
 	suffix="${3:-""}"
 
+	latest_artefact="$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.hypervisor.cloud_hypervisor.version")"
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"cloud-hypervisor${suffix}" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-clh-$(uname -m)${suffix}/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.hypervisor.cloud_hypervisor.version")" \
-		"" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -498,11 +521,14 @@ install_clh_glibc() {
 
 # Install static virtiofsd asset
 install_virtiofsd() {
+	latest_artefact="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.version")-$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.toolchain")"
+	latest_builder_image="$(get_virtiofsd_image_name)"
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"virtiofsd" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-virtiofsd-${ARCH}/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.version")-$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.toolchain")" \
-		"$(get_virtiofsd_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -518,11 +544,14 @@ install_virtiofsd() {
 install_nydus() {
 	[ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" ] && ARCH=arm64
 
+	latest_artefact="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.nydus.version")"
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"nydus" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-nydus-$(uname -m)/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.nydus.version")" \
-		"" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -543,13 +572,15 @@ install_shimv2() {
 	local protocols_last_commit="$(get_last_modification "${repo_root_dir}/src/libs/protocols")"
 	local GO_VERSION="$(get_from_kata_deps "languages.golang.meta.newest-version")"
 	local RUST_VERSION="$(get_from_kata_deps "languages.rust.meta.newest-version")"
-	local shim_v2_version="${shim_v2_last_commit}-${protocols_last_commit}-${runtime_rs_last_commit}-${GO_VERSION}-${RUST_VERSION}"
+	
+	latest_artefact="${shim_v2_last_commit}-${protocols_last_commit}-${runtime_rs_last_commit}-${GO_VERSION}-${RUST_VERSION}"
+	latest_builder_image="$(get_shim_v2_image_name)"
 
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"shim-v2" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-shim-v2-${ARCH}/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${shim_v2_version}" \
-		"$(get_shim_v2_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -576,13 +607,16 @@ install_ovmf() {
 	tarball_name="${2:-edk2-x86_64.tar.gz}"
 
 	local component_name="ovmf"
-	local component_version="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.ovmf.${ovmf_type}.version")"
 	[ "${ovmf_type}" == "tdx" ] && component_name="tdvf"
+
+	latest_artefact="$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.ovmf.${ovmf_type}.version")"
+	latest_builder_image="$(get_ovmf_image_name)"
+
 	install_cached_tarball_component \
 		"${component_name}" \
 		"${jenkins_url}/job/kata-containers-main-ovmf-${ovmf_type}-$(uname -m)/${cached_artifacts_path}" \
-		"${component_version}" \
-		"$(get_ovmf_image_name)" \
+		"${latest_artefact}" \
+		"${latest_builder_image}" \
 		"${final_tarball_name}" \
 		"${final_tarball_path}" \
 		&& return 0
@@ -609,6 +643,10 @@ get_kata_version() {
 
 handle_build() {
 	info "DESTDIR ${destdir}"
+
+	latest_artefact=""
+	latest_builder_image=""
+
 	local build_target
 	build_target="$1"
 
@@ -696,6 +734,25 @@ handle_build() {
 		sudo tar cvfJ "${final_tarball_path}" "."
 	fi
 	tar tvf "${final_tarball_path}"
+
+	echo "${latest_artefact}" > ${workdir}/${build_target}-version
+	echo "${latest_builder_image}" > ${workdir}/${build_target}-builder-image-version
+
+	if [ "${PUSH_TO_REGISTRY}" = "yes" ]; then
+		if [ -z "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY}" ] ||
+			[ -z "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME}" ] ||
+			[ -z "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" ] ||
+		      	[ -z "${TARGET_BRANCH}" ]; then
+			die "ARTEFACT_REGISTRY, ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME, ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD and TARGET_BRANCH must be passed to the script when pushing the artefacts to the registry!"
+		fi
+
+		pushd ${workdir}
+			echo "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | oras login "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY}" -u "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME}" --password-stdin
+
+			oras push ${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY}/kata-containers/cached-artefacts/${build_target}:latest-${TARGET_BRANCH}-$(uname -m) ${final_tarball_name} ${build_target}-version ${build_target}-builder-image-version
+			oras logout "${ARTEFACT_REGISTRY}"
+		popd
+	fi
 }
 
 silent_mode_error_trap() {