diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 4bb1c2b0e..24e8502f3 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ publish() {
         echo "== Tagging and pushing images on docker hub as user $DOCKERHUB_USER"
         $SUDO docker tag -f "$DOCKERHUB_USER"/scope "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:$VERSION"
         $SUDO docker push "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:$VERSION"
+        $SUDO docker tag -f "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:$VERSION" "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:latest_release"
+        $SUDO docker push "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:latest_release"
         echo "** Docker images tagged and pushed"
 
         echo "== Publishing pre-release on GitHub"
@@ -205,6 +207,8 @@ publish() {
         echo "== Tagging and pushing images on docker hub as user $DOCKERHUB_USER"
         $SUDO docker tag -f "$DOCKERHUB_USER"/scope "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:$VERSION"
         $SUDO docker push "$DOCKERHUB_USER"/scope:$"VERSION"
+        $SUDO docker tag -f "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:$VERSION" "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:latest_release"
+        $SUDO docker push "$DOCKERHUB_USER/scope:latest_release"
         echo "** Docker images tagged and pushed"
 
         echo "== Publishing release on GitHub"