diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerhub_release.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerhub_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0a9882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerhub_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+name: Release - Bump and Publish Version
+
+## Release automation for chainweb-node
+# Designed to run systems in chainweb/binary-release 
+
+## Currently has manual version setting and creates draft releases;
+# when we are confident in this process, it can auto-increment and publish non-drafts
+# tbd: connect k8s firing mechanism, create and connect chainweb-node-docker update workflow
+
+run-name: "Release chainweb-node ${{ inputs.release_sha }} from ${{ github.sha}}"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      SHORT_SHA:
+        description: "hash of chainweb-node release, default to branch running this job"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      VERSION_NEW:
+        description: "The X.Y.Z tag for the new version"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      GHC_VERSION:
+        description: "Input an updated ghc version"
+        type: string
+        required: false
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      SHORT_SHA:
+        description: "hash of chainweb-node release, default to branch running this job"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      VERSION_NEW:
+        description: "The X.Y.Z tag for the new version"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      GHC_VERSION:
+        description: "Input an updated ghc version"
+        type: string
+        required: false
+    outputs:
+      DOCKERHUB_SHA:
+        description: "The sha of the final dockerhub image"
+        value: ${{ jobs.Build-Push.outputs.DOCKERHUB_SHA }}
+
+jobs:
+  Build-Push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      DOCKERHUB_SHA: ${{ steps.validate-sha.outputs.DOCKERHUB_SHA }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: kadena-io/chainweb-node-docker
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOYKEY_CHAINWEBDOCKER }}
+      
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PAT }}
+          
+      - name: Update Dockerfile reference sha
+        run: |
+          echo "DOCKERHUB_SHA=not yet updated" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          sed -i -e "s/ARG REVISION=.*/ARG REVISION=${{ inputs.SHORT_SHA }}/" Dockerfile
+
+      - name: Update GHC version if needed
+        run: |
+          if [[ ! -z ${{ inputs.GHC_VERSION }} ]]; then
+            sed -i -e "s/ARG GHCVER=.*/ARG GHCVER=${{ inputs.GHC_VERSION }}/" Dockerfile
+          fi
+          cat Dockerfile
+      - name: Build and push ubuntu image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: true
+          tags: kadena/chainweb-node:${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }},kadena/chainweb-node:latest
+          
+      - name: Test run docker image
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm kadena/chainweb-node:${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }} ./chainweb-node --version
+
+      - name: Update master branch with dockerfile version
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.name "Kadena DevOps"
+          git config --local user.email "devops@kadena.io"
+          git add Dockerfile
+          git commit --allow-empty -m "chainweb-node version bump ${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }}"
+          # allow empty in case this is a re-run
+          git status
+          git tag chainweb-${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }}
+          git push
+          git push --force origin --tags
+
+      - name: Validate SHAs
+        id: validate-sha
+        run: |
+          ## spit these to output
+          docker pull kadena/chainweb-node:${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }}
+          docker pull kadena/chainweb-node:latest 
+          digest1=$(docker inspect kadena/chainweb-node:${{ inputs.VERSION_NEW }} --format '{{ .RepoDigests }}')
+          digest2=$(docker inspect kadena/chainweb-node:latest --format '{{ .RepoDigests }}')
+          echo "$digest1 and $digest2"
+          if [[ "$digest1" != "$digest2" ]]; then
+            echo "DOCKERHUB_SHA=sha mismatches in dockerhub image" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "sha mismatch between pushed images"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Digest compare succeeded, new tags match"
+          echo "DOCKERHUB_SHA=$digest1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Pushed to github output"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-on-github.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-on-github.yaml
index 18b8a17..91c5bff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-on-github.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-on-github.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 name: Publish Docker image
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-  push:
-    branchs: [master]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       ubuntu_version:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 75ceccd..b0970f3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # --ulimit nofile=64000:64000
 
 # BUILD PARAMTERS
-ARG UBUNTUVER=20.04
+ARG UBUNTUVER=22.04
 
 FROM ubuntu:${UBUNTUVER}
 
-ARG REVISION=09b4dc6
-ARG GHCVER=8.10.7
+ARG REVISION=d7aee70
+ARG GHCVER=9.8.2
 ARG UBUNTUVER
 ARG STRIP=1
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LABEL ubuntu="$UBUNTUVER"
 
 # install prerequisites
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y curl xxd openssl binutils libtbb2 libgflags2.2 libsnappy1v5 locales \
+    && apt-get install -y curl xxd openssl binutils libtbb2 libgflags2.2 libsnappy1v5 locales libmpfr6 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
     && update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Install chainweb applications
 WORKDIR /chainweb
-RUN curl -Ls "https://kadena-cabal-cache.s3.amazonaws.com/chainweb-node/chainweb.${GHCVER}.ubuntu-${UBUNTUVER}.${REVISION}.tar.gz" \
+RUN curl -Ls "https://kadena-cabal-cache.s3.amazonaws.com/chainweb-node/chainweb.true.${GHCVER}.ubuntu-${UBUNTUVER}.${REVISION}.tar.gz" \
     | tar -xzC "/" \
         chainweb/chainweb-node \
         chainweb/LICENSE \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5565f8c..5068fa0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,22 +231,6 @@ powerful enough to competitively mine on the Kadena Mainnet. Links to alternate
 mining software can be found
 [here](https://kadena-io.github.io/kadena-docs/Public-Chain-Docs/#start-mining).
 
-# Enable [Rosetta API](https://www.rosetta-api.org/)
-
-The chainweb node has optional support for the rosetta API, which can be enabled
-by setting the `ROSETTA` environment variable to any non-empty value.
-
-```sh
-docker run \
-    --detach \
-    --publish 1848:1848 \
-    --publish 1789:1789 \
-    --env "ROSETTA=1" \
-    --name chainweb-node \
-    --mount type=volume,source=chainweb-data,target=/data \
-    kadena/chainweb-node
-```
-
 # API Overview
 
 TODO
diff --git a/run-chainweb-node.sh b/run-chainweb-node.sh
index 6bfb77a..9a8bbac 100644
--- a/run-chainweb-node.sh
+++ b/run-chainweb-node.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export CHAINWEB_SERVICE_PORT=${CHAINWEB_SERVICE_PORT:-1848}
 export LOGLEVEL=${LOGLEVEL:-warn}
 export MINER_KEY=${MINER_KEY:-}
 export MINER_ACCOUNT=${MINER_ACCOUNT:-$MINER_KEY}
-export ENABLE_ROSETTA=${ENABLE_ROSETTA:-}
 export SKIP_REACHABILITY_CHECK=${SKIP_REACHABILITY_CHECK:-0}
 
 if [[ -z "$CHAINWEB_P2P_HOST" ]] ; then
@@ -59,15 +58,6 @@ chainweb:
 "
 fi
 
-# ############################################################################ #
-# Flags
-
-if [[ -n "$ROSETTA" ]] ; then
-    ROSETTA_FLAG="--rosetta"
-else
-    ROSETTA_FLAG="--no-rosetta"
-fi
-
 # ############################################################################ #
 # Run node
 
@@ -77,7 +67,6 @@ exec ./chainweb-node \
     --p2p-hostname="$CHAINWEB_P2P_HOST" \
     --p2p-port="$CHAINWEB_P2P_PORT" \
     --service-port="$CHAINWEB_SERVICE_PORT" \
-    "$ROSETTA_FLAG" \
     --log-level="$LOGLEVEL" \
     +RTS -N -t -A64M -H500M -RTS \
     "$@"