diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4dfc99e3b4..74d82322c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name Your Name
           make all
           make test-docker
-      - name: Login to GCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          registry: gcr.io
-          username: _json_key
-          password: ${{ secrets.GCR_TOKEN }}
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Setup release environment
         id: setup-release-env
         run: |-
diff --git a/release/README.md b/release/README.md
index cce927a9d1..e129eef825 100644
--- a/release/README.md
+++ b/release/README.md
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ To cut a new kpt release perform the following:
 - If the release is an alpha or beta release and there is already a stable version available, the "set as a pre-release" check-box should be checked. Otherwise, leave it checked as "set as the latest release"
 - Check the "create a discussion for this release" check-box
 - Click "publish" and then verify that the github action has run and the artefacts have been produced
-
diff --git a/release/tag/goreleaser.yaml b/release/tag/goreleaser.yaml
index 9c0f6255ec..b8de1e3821 100644
--- a/release/tag/goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/release/tag/goreleaser.yaml
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ dockers:
   - ids:
       - linux-amd64
     image_templates:
-      - "gcr.io/kpt-dev/kpt:{{ .Tag }}"
+      - "ghcr.io/kptdev/kpt:{{ .Tag }}"
     dockerfile: "release/images/Dockerfile"
   - ids:
       - linux-amd64
     image_templates:
-      - "gcr.io/kpt-dev/kpt-gcloud:{{ .Tag }}"
+      - "ghcr.io/kptdev/kpt-gcloud:{{ .Tag }}"
     dockerfile: "release/images/Dockerfile-gcloud"
 archives:
   - id: archived