diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index edc508e81..a4a211334 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,39 @@ jobs:
           name: build
           path: build
 
+  build-digitalocean:
+    name: build-digitalocean
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: release
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup packer
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@main
+        with:
+          version: latest
+
+      - name: Run packer init
+        run: "make image/init/digitalocean"
+
+      - name: Run `packer validate`
+        env:
+          PKR_VAR_dokku_version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+        run: "make image/validate/digitalocean"
+
+      - name: Bump Digitalocean Image
+        env:
+          DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN }}
+          PKR_VAR_dokku_version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+        run: "make image/build/digitalocean"
+
+      - name: upload packages
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: digitalocean-manifest.json
+          path: digitalocean-manifest.json
+
   bump-azure:
     name: bump-azure
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/package.mk b/package.mk
index dbd31493b..8a92a3393 100644
--- a/package.mk
+++ b/package.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ ifdef DOKKU_GIT_REV
 else
 	git rev-parse HEAD > /tmp/build-dokku/var/lib/dokku/GIT_REV
 endif
+
+.PHONY: image/build/digitalocean
+image/build/digitalocean:
+	packer build -var 'dokku_version=${PKR_VAR_dokku_version}' contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl
+
 .PHONY: image/init/digitalocean
 image/init/digitalocean:
 	packer init contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl