diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 98a7735fa..f680bdfab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,73 +28,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
-  # AMD64 Docker build job
-  docker-build-amd64:
-    name: Build Docker image (AMD64)
+  docker-publish:
+    name: Build and publish Docker image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: pypi-publish
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-    outputs:
-      digest: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-      metadata: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.json }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        
-      - 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: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          
-      - name: Extract metadata
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-          tags: |
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=raw,value=latest
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=OpenEvolve
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=Open-source evolutionary coding agent
-            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=OpenEvolve
-            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}#readme
-            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0
-          
-      - name: Build and push AMD64
-        id: build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-amd64
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=openevolve-amd64
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=openevolve-amd64,mode=max
-          provenance: mode=max
-          sbom: true
-
-  # ARM64 Docker build job
-  docker-build-arm64:
-    name: Build Docker image (ARM64) 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: pypi-publish
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    outputs:
-      digest: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-      metadata: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.json }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -129,75 +69,15 @@ jobs:
             org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}#readme
             org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0
           
-      - name: Build and push ARM64
-        id: build
+      - name: Build and push multi-platform Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .
-          platforms: linux/arm64
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-arm64
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=openevolve-arm64
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=openevolve-arm64,mode=max
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=openevolve-multiarch
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=openevolve-multiarch,mode=max
           provenance: mode=max
-          sbom: true
-
-  # Create multi-platform manifest
-  docker-manifest:
-    name: Create multi-platform manifest
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [docker-build-amd64, docker-build-arm64]
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Extract metadata
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-          tags: |
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=raw,value=latest
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=OpenEvolve
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=Open-source evolutionary coding agent
-            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=OpenEvolve
-            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}#readme
-            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0
-
-      - name: Create and push multi-platform manifests
-        run: |
-          # Get the tags from metadata
-          TAGS="${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}"
-          
-          # Create manifests for each tag
-          for tag in $TAGS; do
-            echo "Creating manifest for $tag"
-            docker manifest create $tag \
-              ${tag}-amd64 \
-              ${tag}-arm64
-              
-            # Add platform annotations
-            docker manifest annotate $tag ${tag}-amd64 --os linux --arch amd64
-            docker manifest annotate $tag ${tag}-arm64 --os linux --arch arm64 --variant v8
-            
-            # Push the manifest
-            docker manifest push $tag
-          done
-
-      - name: Clean up platform-specific tags
-        run: |
-          # Note: Platform-specific tags are kept for debugging purposes
-          # They can be manually cleaned up later if needed
-          echo "Platform-specific tags retained: -amd64, -arm64 suffixes"
\ No newline at end of file
+          sbom: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openevolve/_version.py b/openevolve/_version.py
index cdcd05f0e..97cc3b8e3 100644
--- a/openevolve/_version.py
+++ b/openevolve/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for openevolve package."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.5"
+__version__ = "0.2.6"