diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 843d0f9923..4e084a7154 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ steps:
       auto_tag: false
       ignore_missing: true
       spec: docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
+      dump: true
       password:
         from_secret: docker_password
       username:
@@ -1052,6 +1053,7 @@ steps:
       auto_tag: false
       ignore_missing: true
       spec: docker/manifest.tmpl
+      dump: true
       password:
         from_secret: docker_password
       username:
@@ -1060,6 +1062,7 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   ref:
   - refs/heads/main
+  - "refs/heads/release/v*"
   event:
     exclude:
     - cron
diff --git a/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl b/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
index 1d14041ff2..e6708daace 100644
--- a/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
+++ b/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}dev{{/if}}-rootless
+# tag: {{build.tag}}
+# commit: {{build.commit}}
+# ref: {{build.ref}}
+# branch: {{build.branch}}
+#
+image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-rootless
 {{#if build.tags}}
 tags:
 {{#each build.tags}}
@@ -8,12 +13,12 @@ tags:
 {{/if}}
 manifests:
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}dev{{/if}}-linux-amd64-rootless
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-amd64-rootless
     platform:
       architecture: amd64
       os: linux
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}dev{{/if}}-linux-arm64-rootless
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-arm64-rootless
     platform:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux
diff --git a/docker/manifest.tmpl b/docker/manifest.tmpl
index ed062efe02..865c91d293 100644
--- a/docker/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/docker/manifest.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}dev{{/if}}
+# tag: {{build.tag}}
+# commit: {{build.commit}}
+# ref: {{build.ref}}
+# branch: {{build.branch}}
+#
+image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}
 {{#if build.tags}}
 tags:
 {{#each build.tags}}
@@ -7,12 +12,12 @@ tags:
 {{/if}}
 manifests:
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}-{{else}}dev-{{/if}}linux-amd64
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-amd64
     platform:
       architecture: amd64
       os: linux
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}-{{else}}dev-{{/if}}linux-arm64
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-arm64
     platform:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux