diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index e252410..5a409dc 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Semantic Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
     env:
       GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITEA_TOKEN }}
+      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
+      REGISTRY_URL: ${{ inputs.registry-url }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -73,7 +74,26 @@ jobs:
           GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "ci@etwo.dev"
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "CI Bot"
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: "ci@etwo.dev"
-          IMAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
+
+      - name: Install yq
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq
+          chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+
+      - name: Update docker-compose.yml
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(cat .release-version)
+          echo "Updating docker-compose.yml with image ${IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}"
+          yq -i ".services.\"${IMAGE_NAME}\".image = \"${REGISTRY_URL}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}\"" docker-compose.yml
+
+      - name: Commit and push docker-compose.yml changes
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(cat .release-version)
+          git config user.name "CI Bot"
+          git config user.email "ci@etwo.dev"
+          git add docker-compose.yml
+          git commit -m "chore(release): update compose to ${VERSION} [skip ci]" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin HEAD
 
   # --------------------------------------------------------
   # Build and Push Docker Image
@@ -81,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build and Push Docker Image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: release
     env:
       IMAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
       REGISTRY_URL: ${{ inputs.registry-url }}
@@ -96,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Docker image
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(cat .release-version 2>/dev/null || echo "latest")
+          VERSION=$(cat .release-version || echo "latest")
           echo "Building docker image with tag $VERSION"
           docker build -t $REGISTRY_URL/${IMAGE_NAME}:$VERSION .
           docker push $REGISTRY_URL/${IMAGE_NAME}:$VERSION
@@ -107,13 +128,13 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to Portainer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: release
+    needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Deploy stack via Portainer API
-        uses: actions/portable@v1
+        uses: https://git.etwo.dev/actions/portable@v1
         with:
           portainer-url: ${{ inputs.portainer-url }}
           portainer-token: ${{ secrets.PORTAINER_TOKEN }}