diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 98e325ad549..d9de5590391 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -850,6 +850,67 @@ steps:
         exclude:
         - pull_request
 
+---
+kind: pipeline
+name: docker-linux-amd64-release-branch
+
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: amd64
+
+depends_on:
+  - testing-amd64
+  - testing-arm64
+
+trigger:
+  ref:
+  - "refs/heads/release/v*"
+  event:
+    exclude:
+    - cron
+
+steps:
+  - name: fetch-tags
+    image: docker:git
+    commands:
+      - git fetch --tags --force
+
+  - name: publish
+    pull: always
+    image: techknowlogick/drone-docker:latest
+    settings:
+      auto_tag: false
+      tags: ${DRONE_BRANCH##release/v}-dev-linux-amd64
+      repo: gitea/gitea
+      build_args:
+        - GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
+      password:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+      username:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+    when:
+      event:
+        exclude:
+        - pull_request
+
+  - name: publish-rootless
+    image: techknowlogick/drone-docker:latest
+    settings:
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.rootless
+      auto_tag: false
+      tags: ${DRONE_BRANCH##release/v}-dev-linux-amd64-rootless
+      repo: gitea/gitea
+      build_args:
+        - GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
+      password:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+      username:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+    when:
+      event:
+        exclude:
+        - pull_request
+
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 type: docker
@@ -1006,6 +1067,68 @@ steps:
       event:
         exclude:
         - pull_request
+
+---
+kind: pipeline
+name: docker-linux-arm64-release-branch
+
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: arm64
+
+depends_on:
+  - testing-amd64
+  - testing-arm64
+
+trigger:
+  ref:
+  - "refs/heads/release/v*"
+  event:
+    exclude:
+    - cron
+
+steps:
+  - name: fetch-tags
+    image: docker:git
+    commands:
+      - git fetch --tags --force
+
+  - name: publish
+    pull: always
+    image: techknowlogick/drone-docker:latest
+    settings:
+      auto_tag: false
+      tags: ${DRONE_BRANCH##release/v}-dev-linux-arm64
+      repo: gitea/gitea
+      build_args:
+        - GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
+      password:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+      username:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+    when:
+      event:
+        exclude:
+        - pull_request
+
+  - name: publish-rootless
+    image: techknowlogick/drone-docker:latest
+    settings:
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.rootless
+      auto_tag: false
+      tags: ${DRONE_BRANCH##release/v}-dev-linux-arm64-rootless
+      repo: gitea/gitea
+      build_args:
+        - GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
+      password:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+      username:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+    when:
+      event:
+        exclude:
+        - pull_request
+
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 type: docker
@@ -1094,6 +1217,8 @@ trigger:
 depends_on:
   - docker-linux-amd64-release
   - docker-linux-arm64-release
+  - docker-linux-amd64-release-branch
+  - docker-linux-arm64-release-branch
 
 ---
 kind: pipeline
@@ -1127,6 +1252,8 @@ depends_on:
   - docker-linux-arm64-release
   - docker-linux-amd64-release-version
   - docker-linux-arm64-release-version
+  - docker-linux-amd64-release-branch
+  - docker-linux-arm64-release-branch
   - docker-manifest
   - docker-manifest-version
   - docs
diff --git a/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl b/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
index c488934ea39..95594164707 100644
--- a/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
+++ b/docker/manifest.rootless.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-rootless
+image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}-rootless
 {{#if build.tags}}
 tags:
 {{#each build.tags}}
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ tags:
 {{/if}}
 manifests:
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-amd64-rootless
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}-linux-amd64-rootless
     platform:
       architecture: amd64
       os: linux
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-arm64-rootless
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}-linux-arm64-rootless
     platform:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux
diff --git a/docker/manifest.tmpl b/docker/manifest.tmpl
index 2d125c96ca5..4cd4ea4ea2d 100644
--- a/docker/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/docker/manifest.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}
+image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}
 {{#if build.tags}}
 tags:
 {{#each build.tags}}
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ tags:
 {{/if}}
 manifests:
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-amd64
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}-linux-amd64
     platform:
       architecture: amd64
       os: linux
   -
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#equal build.ref "refs/heads/main"}}dev{{else}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-dev{{/equal}}{{/if}}-linux-arm64
+    image: gitea/gitea:{{#if build.tag}}{{trimPrefix "v" build.tag}}{{else}}{{#if (hasPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref)}}{{trimPrefix "refs/heads/release/v" build.ref}}-{{/if}}dev{{/if}}-linux-arm64
     platform:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux