diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish-nptest.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish-nptest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a131a59c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish-nptest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Build and Push Docker Image for network/benchmarks/netperf/nptest
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+  
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    permissions:
+      packages: write # Write permission is required to publish Docker images to GitHub Container Registry
+      contents: read
+    
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up QEMU
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+    
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Build and push Docker image
+      run: |
+        cd network/benchmarks/netperf
+        make push
+      env:
+        DOCKERREPO: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/nptest
+        IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/network/benchmarks/netperf/Makefile b/network/benchmarks/netperf/Makefile
index 6440e54f45..7fe848b924 100644
--- a/network/benchmarks/netperf/Makefile
+++ b/network/benchmarks/netperf/Makefile
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
 all: docker push launch runtests
 
 DOCKERREPO := $(or $(DOCKERREPO), girishkalele/netperf-latest)
+IMAGE_TAG := $(or $(IMAGE_TAG), latest)
 
-docker: launch
+docker: test
 	mkdir -p Dockerbuild && \
 	cp -rf nptest/* Dockerbuild/ && \
-	docker build -t $(DOCKERREPO) Dockerbuild/
+	docker build -t $(DOCKERREPO):$(IMAGE_TAG) Dockerbuild/
 
 push: docker
-	gcloud docker push $(DOCKERREPO)
+	docker push $(DOCKERREPO):$(IMAGE_TAG)
 
 clean:
 	@rm -f Dockerbuild/*
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ clean:
 launch: launch.go
 	go build -o launch launch.go
 
+test:
+	go test ./...
+	cd nptest && go test ./...
+
 # 'runtests' is the test runner target
 runtests: launch
 	@echo Launching network performance tests
@@ -42,7 +47,5 @@ runtests: launch
 	@echo Results file netperf-latest.csv and SVG/PNG graphs generated successfully
 
 localtest: docker
-	docker push $(DOCKERREPO)
-	go run launch.go -image=$(DOCKERREPO) -json -kubeConfig ./kubeConfig
-
-
+	docker push $(DOCKERREPO):$(IMAGE_TAG)
+	go run launch.go -image=$(DOCKERREPO):$(IMAGE_TAG) -json -kubeConfig ./kubeConfig
diff --git a/network/benchmarks/netperf/nptest/Dockerfile b/network/benchmarks/netperf/nptest/Dockerfile
index 5b82454be8..327b843123 100644
--- a/network/benchmarks/netperf/nptest/Dockerfile
+++ b/network/benchmarks/netperf/nptest/Dockerfile
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ RUN cd iperf-3.1 && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --bindir /usr/local/bin && m
 RUN curl -LO https://github.com/HewlettPackard/netperf/archive/netperf-2.7.0.tar.gz && tar -xzf netperf-2.7.0.tar.gz && mv netperf-netperf-2.7.0/ netperf-2.7.0
 RUN cd netperf-2.7.0 && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --bindir /usr/local/bin && make CFLAGS=-fcommon && make install
 
+# Validate the installation of qperf, iperf3 and netperf
+RUN usr/local/bin/qperf --help
+RUN usr/local/bin/iperf3 -v
+RUN usr/local/bin/netperf -V
+RUN usr/local/bin/netserver -V
+
 COPY --from=builder /workspace/nptests /usr/bin/
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["nptests"]