diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bf2624ee7e..a6373302b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -188,9 +188,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           coordinatorImg=$(nix run .#containers.push-coordinator -- "$container_registry/contrast/coordinator")
           nodeInstallerImg=$(nix run .#containers.push-node-installer -- "$container_registry/contrast/node-installer")
-          nix run .#containers.push-initializer -- "$container_registry/contrast/initializer"
+          initializerImg=$(nix run .#containers.push-initializer -- "$container_registry/contrast/initializer")
           echo "coordinatorImg=$coordinatorImg" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "nodeInstallerImg=$nodeInstallerImg" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "initializerImg=$initializerImg" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Add tag to Coordinator image
         run: |
           frontCoord=${coordinatorImg%@*}
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ jobs:
           frontNodeInstaller=${nodeInstallerImg%@*}
           backNodeInstaller=${nodeInstallerImg#*@}
           echo "nodeInstallerImgTagged=${frontNodeInstaller}:${{ inputs.version }}@${backNodeInstaller}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Create file with image replacements
+        run: |
+          echo "ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/coordinator:latest=$coordinatorImgTagged" > image-replacements.txt
+          echo "ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/initializer:latest=$initializerImg" >> image-replacements.txt
       - name: Create portable coordinator resource definitions
         run: |
           mkdir -p workspace
@@ -208,6 +213,8 @@ jobs:
             --replace "ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/node-installer:latest" "$nodeInstallerImgTagged"
           nix run .#kypatch namespace -- workspace/runtime.yml \
             --replace edg-default kube-system
+          nix run .#scripts.write-emojivoto-demo -- "./image-replacements.txt" "deployments/emojivoto-demo.yml"
+          zip -r deployments/emojivoto-demo.zip deployments/emojivoto-demo.yml
       - name: Update coordinator policy hash
         run: |
           yq < workspace/coordinator.yml \
@@ -232,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
             result-cli/bin/contrast
             workspace/coordinator.yml
             workspace/runtime.yml
+            deployments/emojivoto-demo.zip
       - name: Reset temporary changes
         run: |
           git reset --hard ${{ needs.process-inputs.outputs.WORKING_BRANCH }}