diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
index e6387a35..63717276 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
@@ -78,12 +78,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "image_name=${{ matrix.target }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
       
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
-        with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.image_name }}
-
+    
       # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
       # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
       # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
@@ -93,8 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: .
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          tags: ${{ env.image_name }}:latest
           build-args: |
             python_version=${{ matrix.python_version }}
             target=${{ matrix.target }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d2add4ea..0db19548 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ FROM python:${python_version} as python
 
 FROM ${target}
 
+# These need to be set here again, as the FROM directive resets the ARGs on use
 ARG python_version
 ARG target