diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-docker-image/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-docker-image/action.yml
index 2f8a8c522..a252bf108 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-docker-image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-docker-image/action.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ inputs:
   docker_token:
     required: false
     description: "DockerHub Token. No push is done if omitted"
+  docker_tag:
+    required: false
+    description: 'additional docker tags'
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -72,9 +75,7 @@ runs:
         images: |
           ${{ inputs.namespace }}/${{ inputs.imagename }}
         tags: |
-          type=ref,event=branch
-          type=ref,event=pr
-          type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+          type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${{ inputs.docker_tag }}
           type=semver,pattern={{major}}
           type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
           type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yaml
index 24aaf2ff4..e441bd63d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ on:
         description: 'The namespace (=repo) in DockerHub'
         required: false
         default: "tractusx"
+      docker_tag:
+        description: 'Explicitly specify the Docker tag. Note that SHA and latest are added automatically.'
+        required: false
 
 concurrency:
   # cancel only running jobs on pull requests
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/publish-docker-image
         with:
+          docker_tag: ${{ inputs.docker_tag }}
           rootDir: edc-controlplane/${{ matrix.name }}
           imagename: ${{ matrix.name }}
           namespace: ${{ inputs.namespace }}
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/publish-docker-image
         with:
+          docker_tag: ${{ inputs.docker_tag }}
           rootDir: edc-dataplane/${{ matrix.name }}
           imagename: ${{ matrix.name }}
           namespace: ${{ inputs.namespace }}