diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 443566e7cd0..c40a17314f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -48,12 +48,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get list of services
         id: get-services
         run: |
-          services=$(grep "^  [^ ]" docker-compose.yml | grep -v '#' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/^ *//')
+          services=$(grep "^  [^ ]" docker-compose.yml | grep -v base| grep -v '#' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/^ *//')
           services_json=$(echo $services | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//' | jq -R 'split(" ")' | tr -d '\n')
           # Set the list of service names as an output variable
           echo "services=$services_json" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "services=$services_json"
 
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Build and push base image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          file: packages/Dockerfile.base
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            opencrvs/ocrvs-base:${{ steps.set-version.outputs.version }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=opencrvs/ocrvs-base:${{ steps.set-version.outputs.version }}
+          cache-to: type=inline
+
     outputs:
       services: ${{ steps.get-services.outputs.services }}
       version: ${{ steps.set-version.outputs.version }}
@@ -61,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     needs: base
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         service: ${{ fromJSON(needs.base.outputs.services) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -74,17 +92,23 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.service }}
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ matrix.service }}
-          export VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}
-          docker compose build ${{ matrix.service }}
-          docker compose push ${{ matrix.service }}
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          file: packages/${{ matrix.service }}/Dockerfile
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ needs.base.outputs.version }}
+          push: true
+          context: .
+          tags: |
+            opencrvs/ocrvs-${{ matrix.service }}:${{ needs.base.outputs.version }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=opencrvs/ocrvs-${{ matrix.service }}:${{ needs.base.outputs.version}}
+          cache-to: type=inline
 
   security-scans:
     needs: [base, build]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 761b8d3e774..255378f6ccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,38 @@
 
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0)
 
+#### ElasticSearch reindexing
+
+Allows reindexing ElasticSearch via a new search-service endpoint `reindex`. We're replacing the original `ocrvs` index with timestamped ones. This is done automatically when upgrading and migrating, but this is an important architectural change that should be noted. More details in [#7033](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/pull/7033).
+
+- Introduce a new certificate handlebar "preview" which can be used to conditionally render some svg element when previewing the certificate e.g. background image similar to security paper
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Internally we were storing the `family` name field as a required property which was limiting what how you could capture the name of a person in the forms. Now we are storing it as an optional property which would make more flexible.
+- Remove the leftover features from the application config pages, such as certificates and informant notification. [#7156](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7156)
+- **PDF page size** The generated PDF used to be defaulted to A4 size. Now it respects the SVG dimensions if specified
+- Support html content wrapped in `foreignObject` used in svg template in certificate PDF output
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Custom form field validators from country config will work offline. [#7478](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7478)
+- Registrar had to retry from outbox every time they corrected a record. [#7583](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7583)
+- Local environment setup command (`bash setup.sh`) could fail in machines that didn't have a unrelated `compose` binary. Fixed to check for Docker Compose. [#7609](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/pull/7609)
+- Fix date validation not working correctly in Firefox [#7615](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7615)
+- Fix layout issue that was causing the edit button on the AdvancedSearch's date range picker to not show on mobile view. [#7417](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7417)
+- Fix hardcoded placeholder copy of input when saving a query in advanced search
+- Handle label params used in form inputs when rendering in action details modal
+- Fix health facilities missing from dropdown after correcting a record address [#7528](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7528)
+- "Choose a new password" form now allows the user to submit the form using the "Enter/Return" key [#5502](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/5502)
+- Dropdown options now flow to multiple rows in forms [#7653](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/pull/7653)
+- Only render units/postfix when field has a value [#7055](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7055)
+- Only show items with values in review [#5192](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/pull/5192)
+- Fix prefix text overlap issue in form text inputs
+- **Staged files getting reset on precommit hook failure** We were running lint-staged separately on each package using lerna which potentially created a race condition causing staged changes to get lost on failure. Now we are running lint-staged directly without depending on lerna. **_This is purely a DX improvement without affecting any functionality of the system_**
+- Fix `informantType` missing in template object which prevented rendering informant relationship data in the certificates [#5952](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/5952)
+- Fix users hitting rate limit when multiple users authenticated the same time with different usernames [#7728](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7728)
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - Remove informant notification configuration from the UI and read notification configuration settings from `record-notification` endpoint in countryconfig