diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5045eed13eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+name: docker develop
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+env:
+  registry: docker.io
+
+jobs:
+  hadolint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: setup gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: hadoLint_openj9-jdk_17
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openj9-jdk-17/Dockerfile
+      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17/Dockerfile
+      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17_debug
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17-debug/Dockerfile
+      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_latest
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
+      - name: hadoLint_graalvm
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/graalvm/Dockerfile
+  buildDocker:
+    needs: hadolint
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - ubuntu-22.04
+          - [self-hosted, ARM64]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Prepare
+        id: prep
+        run: |
+          platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
+          if [ "$platform" = 'ubuntu-22.04' ]; then 
+            echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=linux-amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "ARCH=amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=linux-arm64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "ARCH=arm64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+          # Get the current date and time in the format YY.MM
+          DATE_TIME=$(date +"%y.%m")
+          # Get the short SHA of the merge commit
+          SHORT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA::7}
+          # Construct the build target name
+          BUILD_TARGET_NAME="${DATE_TIME}-develop-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          echo "Build Target Name: $BUILD_TARGET_NAME"
+          # Set the build target name as an environment variable
+          echo "BUILD_TARGET_NAME=${BUILD_TARGET_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: setup gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: install goss
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p docker/reports
+          curl -L https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/releases/download/v0.4.4/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }} -o ./docker/tests/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
+      - name: login to ${{ env.registry }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
+      - name: build and test docker
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        env:
+          architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{ env.BUILD_TARGET_NAME}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=develop
+      - name: publish
+        env:
+          architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{ env.BUILD_TARGET_NAME }} -Prelease.releaseVersion=develop
+  multiArch:
+    needs: buildDocker
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: setup gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: login to ${{ env.registry }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
+      - name: multi-arch docker
+        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{ env.BUILD_TARGET_NAME }} -Prelease.releaseVersion=develop
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f4493ddb6e2..1080a7d0545 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1060,7 +1060,8 @@ def getGitCommitDetails(length = 8) {
 // Takes the version and if it contains SNAPSHOT, alpha, beta or RC in version then return true indicating an interim build
 def isInterimBuild(dockerBuildVersion) {
   return (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-SNAPSHOT/) || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-alpha/)
-  || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-beta/) || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-RC.*/)
+  || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-beta/) || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-RC.*/
+  || (dockerBuildVersion ==~ /.*-develop.*/))
 }
 
 tasks.register("verifyDistributions") {