diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4177ec388b..591f5c2ce8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ jobs:
         secrets: |
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials registry | PRIME_REGISTRY ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials username | PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials password | PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
 
     - name: Package Images
       run: |
@@ -57,12 +60,37 @@ jobs:
         dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make test
 
     - name: Publish Image Runtime
-      run: |
-        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make publish-image-runtime
-      env:
-        DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-    
+      uses: rancher/ecm-distro-tools/actions/publish-image@master
+      with:
+        image: "rke2-runtime"
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        make-target: publish-image-runtime
+
+        public-repo: rancher
+        public-username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        public-password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+        prime-repo: rancher
+        prime-registry: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY }}
+        prime-username: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+        prime-password: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
+    - name: Publish Image Runtime (Windows)
+      uses: rancher/ecm-distro-tools/actions/publish-image@master
+      with:
+        image: "rke2-runtime"
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        make-target: publish-image-runtime-windows
+
+        public-repo: rancher
+        public-username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        public-password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+        prime-repo: rancher
+        prime-registry: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY }}
+        prime-username: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+        prime-password: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+  
     - name: Package windows images
       run: |
         GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make package-windows-images
@@ -101,6 +129,9 @@ jobs:
         secrets: |
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials registry | PRIME_REGISTRY ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials username | PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials password | PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD ;
 
     - name: Package Images
       run: |
@@ -112,11 +143,20 @@ jobs:
         dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make scan-images
 
     - name: Publish Image Runtime
-      run: |
-        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make publish-image-runtime
-      env:
-        DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+      uses: rancher/ecm-distro-tools/actions/publish-image@master
+      with:
+        image: "rke2-runtime"
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        make-target: publish-image-runtime
+
+        public-repo: rancher
+        public-username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        public-password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+        prime-repo: rancher
+        prime-registry: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY }}
+        prime-username: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+        prime-password: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
 
     - name: Checksum
       run: |
@@ -145,13 +185,26 @@ jobs:
         secrets: |
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials registry | PRIME_REGISTRY ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials username | PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME ;
+          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/rancher-prime-registry/credentials password | PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD ;
 
     - name: Manifest
-      run: |
-        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make publish-manifest-runtime
-      env:
-        DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+      uses: rancher/ecm-distro-tools/actions/publish-image@master
+      with:
+        image: "rke2-runtime"
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        make-target: publish-manifest-runtime
+
+        public-repo: rancher
+        public-username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        public-password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+        prime-repo: rancher
+        prime-registry: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY }}
+        prime-username: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+        prime-password: ${{ env.PRIME_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
   dispatch:
     needs: [release-amd64, release-arm64]
     runs-on: runs-on,runner=8cpu-linux-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},image=ubuntu22-full-x64,hdd=64
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13cb6387ca..d34811176b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ build-image-runtime:                      ## Build the runtime image
 publish-image-runtime: build-image-runtime
 	./scripts/publish-image-runtime
 
+.PHONY: publish-image-runtime-windows
+publish-image-runtime: build-image-runtime
+	./scripts/publish-image-runtime-windows
+
 .PHONY: validate
 validate:                                ## Run go fmt/vet
 	./scripts/validate
diff --git a/scripts/publish-image-runtime b/scripts/publish-image-runtime
index 16ef2821c8..ed152c6f37 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-image-runtime
+++ b/scripts/publish-image-runtime
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 source ./scripts/version.sh
 
-set +x
-docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
-set -x
-
-docker image push ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
-if [ "${GOARCH}" != "s390x" ] && [ "${GOARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then
-    docker image push ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64
-fi
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=${DOCKER_BUILDKIT:-1} docker image build ${IID_FILE_FLAG} \
+    --sbom=true \
+    --attest type=provenance,mode=max \
+    --build-arg TAG=${VERSION} \
+    --build-arg KUBERNETES_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION} \
+    --build-arg MAJOR=${VERSION_MAJOR} \
+    --build-arg MINOR=${VERSION_MINOR} \
+    --build-arg DAPPER_HOST_ARCH=${GOARCH} \
+    --build-arg CACHEBUST="$(date +%s%N)" \
+    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH} \
+    --target runtime \
+    --file Dockerfile \
+    --push \
+    .
diff --git a/scripts/publish-image-runtime-windows b/scripts/publish-image-runtime-windows
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..772b55bc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish-image-runtime-windows
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
+source ./scripts/version.sh
+
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=${DOCKER_BUILDKIT:-1} docker image build ${IID_FILE_FLAG} \
+    --sbom=true \
+    --attest type=provenance,mode=max \
+    --build-arg TAG=${VERSION} \
+    --build-arg KUBERNETES_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION} \
+    --build-arg MAJOR=${VERSION_MAJOR} \
+    --build-arg MINOR=${VERSION_MINOR} \
+    --build-arg CACHEBUST="$(date +%s%N)" \
+    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64 \
+    --target windows-runtime \
+    --file Dockerfile.windows \
+    --push \
+    .
diff --git a/scripts/publish-manifest-runtime b/scripts/publish-manifest-runtime
index 7364ea7eda..3cc3068d39 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-manifest-runtime
+++ b/scripts/publish-manifest-runtime
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
 set -x
 
 docker manifest push ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}
+
+if [ -n "${IID_FILE}" ]; then
+    docker buildx imagetools inspect --format "{{json .Manifest}}" ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION} | jq -r '.digest' > ${IID_FILE}
+fi