diff --git a/.github/workflows/odh-build-and-publish-operator-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/odh-build-and-publish-operator-image.yaml
index e4f72b8af7..400909b6d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/odh-build-and-publish-operator-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/odh-build-and-publish-operator-image.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@
 name: ODH
 
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - master
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
     build-and-publish-operator:
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ jobs:
               type=raw,latest
               type=ref,event=pr
               type=sha,prefix=v1-odh-  
+              type=ref,event=release,ref=tags
   
         - name: Build image 
           id: build-image
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/params.env b/manifests/rhoai/params.env
index 04a2aa7a83..a8896fd8eb 100644
--- a/manifests/rhoai/params.env
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/params.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-odh-training-operator-controller-image=docker.io/kubeflow/training-operator:v1-855e096
+odh-training-operator-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/training-operator:v1-odh-c7d4e1b