diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e051d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  release-next-container:
+    uses: radiorabe/actions/.github/workflows/release-container.yaml@v0.24.0
+    with:
+      image: 'ghcr.io/radiorabe/website-stack/next'
+      name: 'next'
+      display-name: 'RaBe Nextjs Website'
+      tags: 'rabe web nextjs alpine'
+      # the alpine base image used for the nextjs frontend does not have a
+      # keyless cosign signature, so we disable verifying the image.
+      cosign-verify: false
+      context: './next/'
+      dockerfile: './next/Dockerfile.prod'
+      build-args: |
+        IMAGES_HOSTNAME=*.rabe.ch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule.yaml b/.github/workflows/schedule.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338c7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Scheduled tasks
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '13 12 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  schedule-trivy:
+    uses: radiorabe/actions/.github/workflows/schedule-trivy.yaml@v0.24.0
+    with:
+      image-ref: 'ghcr.io/radiorabe/website-stack/next:latest'
diff --git a/next/Dockerfile.prod b/next/Dockerfile.prod
index 36923cd..608fd8d 100644
--- a/next/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/next/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ RUN \
 
 # Rebuild the source code only when needed
 FROM base AS builder
+
+# defaults for use during the container build phase on CI/CD
+ARG IMAGES_PROTOCOL=https
+ARG IMAGES_HOSTNAME=**
+ARG IMAGES_PORT=433
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY . .