diff --git a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
index 7f8d32fb5d..cb0ecdef33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Push multi-arch manifest
         run: |
-          docker manifest create quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-latest \
-          --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-amd64 \
-          --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-arm64 \
-          --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-s390x \
-          --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-ppc64le
-          docker manifest push quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-latest
+          ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh publish-multiarch-manifest
+        env:
+          KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS="kata-containers-latest"
+          KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES="quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 39360b14c1..9a1248accc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -55,27 +55,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Push multi-arch manifest
         run: |
-          # tag the container image we created and push to DockerHub
-          tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
-          tags=($tag)
-          tags+=($([[ "$tag" =~ "alpha"|"rc" ]] && echo "latest" || echo "stable"))
-          # push to quay.io and docker.io
-          for tag in ${tags[@]}; do
-            docker manifest create quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag} \
-              --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag}-amd64 \
-              --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag}-arm64 \
-              --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag}-s390x \
-              --amend quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag}-ppc64le
+          tags="$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)"
+          tags+=" $([[ \"${tag}\" =~ \"alpha\"|\"rc\" ]] && echo \"latest\" || echo \"stable\"))"
+          echo "KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS=\"${tags}\"" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-            docker manifest create docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag} \
-              --amend docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag}-amd64 \
-              --amend docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag}-arm64 \
-              --amend docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag}-s390x \
-              --amend docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag}-ppc64le
-
-            docker manifest push quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:${tag}
-            docker manifest push docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy:${tag}
-          done
+          ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh publish-multiarch-manifest
+        env:
+          KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES: "quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy"
 
   upload-multi-arch-static-tarball:
     needs: publish-multi-arch-images
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
index a2356d674a..86707bdf59 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
@@ -15,23 +15,53 @@ set -o errtrace
 this_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 repo_root_dir="$(cd "$this_script_dir/../../../" && pwd)"
 
+IFS=' ' read -a IMAGE_TAGS <<< "${KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS:-}"
+IFS=' ' read -a REGISTRIES <<< "${KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES:-}"
+
 function _die()
 {
 	echo >&2 "ERROR: $*"
 	exit 1
 }
 
-function _info()
+function _check_required_env_var()
 {
-	echo "INFO: $*"
+	local env_var
+
+	case ${1} in
+		KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS) env_var="${KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS}" ;;
+		KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES) env_var="${KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES}" ;;
+		*) >&2 _die "Invalid environment variable \"${1}\"" ;;
+	esac
+
+	[ -z "${env_var}" ] && \
+		_die "\"${1}\" environment variable is required but was not set"
+}
+
+function _publish_multiarch_manifest()
+{
+	_check_required_env_var "KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS"
+	_check_required_env_var "KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES"
+
+	for registry in ${REGISTRIES[@]}; do
+		for tag in ${IMAGE_TAGS[@]}; do
+			docker manifest create ${registry}:${tag} \
+				--amend ${registry}:${tag}-amd64 \
+				--amend ${registry}:${tag}-arm64 \
+				--amend ${registry}:${tag}-s390x \
+				--amend ${registry}:${tag}-ppc64le
+
+			docker manifest push ${registry}:${tag}
+		done
+	done
 }
 
 function main()
 {
 	action="${1:-}"
-	_info "DO NOT USE this script, it does nothing!"
 
 	case "${action}" in
+		publish-multiarch-manifest) _publish_multiarch_manifest ;;
 		*) >&2 _die "Invalid argument" ;;
 	esac
 }