diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-backend.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-backend.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1e22626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-backend.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - ccdscan/*
+
+jobs:
+  release-base-image:
+    uses: concordium/.github/.github/workflows/docker-release-workflow.yaml@v1
+    with:
+      SERVICE_NAME: "ccdscan"
+      BUILD_ARGS: |
+        DOTNET_VERSION=6.0
+      DOCKER_FILE_PATH: backend/Dockerfile
+      DOCKER_CONTEXT: backend
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index c108e7ef..4cf5582f 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0-bookworm-slim AS base
+ARG DOTNET_VERSION
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:${DOTNET_VERSION}-bookworm-slim AS base
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0-bookworm-slim AS publish
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:${DOTNET_VERSION}-bookworm-slim AS publish
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential
 # Installing Rust to build Concordium.Sdk.
 RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- --default-toolchain 1.80 --profile minimal -y
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ FROM base AS final
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
+LABEL dotnet_version=${DOTNET_VERSION}
 ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:5000
 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "Application.dll"]