diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/PR-validation.yml
index a965890e..c1db458c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-validation.yml
@@ -51,17 +51,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: ./pipeline/seq_retrieval/
           push: false
-          tags: |
-            agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:latest
-            ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
+          tags: agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:latest
           outputs: |
             type=docker,dest=/tmp/pavi_seq_retrieval_docker_image.tar
-            type=image,push=true
+            type=image,push=false
       - name: Upload image as artifact (share between jobs)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: seq_retrieval_image
           path: /tmp/pavi_seq_retrieval_docker_image.tar
+      - name: Tag and push image to registry
+        run: |
+          docker tag agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:latest ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
+          docker push ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_seq_retrieval:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
   pipeline-seq-retrieval-code-checks:
     name: pipeline/seq_retrieval code checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -120,17 +122,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: ./pipeline/alignment/
           push: false
-          tags: |
-            agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:latest
-            ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
+          tags: agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:latest
           outputs: |
             type=docker,dest=/tmp/pavi_alignment_docker_image.tar
-            type=image,push=true
+            type=image,push=false
       - name: Upload image as artifact (share between jobs)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: alignment_image
           path: /tmp/pavi_alignment_docker_image.tar
+      - name: Tag and push image to registry
+        run: |
+          docker tag agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:latest ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
+          docker push ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/agr_pavi/pipeline_alignment:${{needs.container-build-context.outputs.tagname}}
   pipeline-alignment-unit-testing:
     name: pipeline/alignment unit testing
     needs: