diff --git a/.buildkite/nightly-release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/nightly-release-pipeline.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 25c52ba3b..000000000
--- a/.buildkite/nightly-release-pipeline.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - label: "Build and upload wheel"
-    key: "build-wheel"
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_release
-    commands:
-      - "curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh"
-      - 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"'
-      - "uv venv --python=3.12 && source .venv/bin/activate"
-      - "uv pip install --upgrade build"
-      - "python3 -m build"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
-
-  - label: "Generate and upload wheel indices"
-    depends_on: "build-wheel"
-    allow_dependency_failure: true
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_release
-    commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh"
diff --git a/.buildkite/rebase-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/rebase-pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edd98fafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/rebase-pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+steps:
+  - label: ":docker: Build image"
+    key: image-build
+    commands:
+      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      - "docker build --progress=plain --file docker/Dockerfile.ci -t vllm-omni-ci ."
+      - "docker tag vllm-omni-ci public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+    agents:
+      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+
+  # L2 Test
+  - label: "Upload Ready Pipeline"
+    depends_on: image-build
+    key: upload-ready-pipeline
+    commands:
+      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-ready.yml
+    agents:
+      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+
+  # L3 Test
+  - label: "Upload Merge Pipeline"
+    depends_on: image-build
+    key: upload-merge-pipeline
+    commands:
+      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-merge.yml
+    agents:
+      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+
+  # L4 Test
+  - label: "Upload Nightly Pipeline"
+    depends_on: image-build
+    key: upload-nightly-pipeline
+    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
+    commands:
+      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-nightly.yml
+    agents:
+      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index edd98fafd..c560fefe1 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -1,38 +1,110 @@
 steps:
-  - label: ":docker: Build image"
-    key: image-build
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "docker build --progress=plain --file docker/Dockerfile.ci -t vllm-omni-ci ."
-      - "docker tag vllm-omni-ci public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
-    agents:
-      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+  - input: "Provide Release version here"
+    id: input-release-version
+    fields:
+      - text: "What is the release version?"
+        key: release-version
 
-  # L2 Test
-  - label: "Upload Ready Pipeline"
-    depends_on: image-build
-    key: upload-ready-pipeline
-    commands:
-      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-ready.yml
+  - label: "Build and upload wheel"
+    depends_on: ~
+    key: "build-wheel"
     agents:
-      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+      queue: cpu_queue_release
+    commands:
+      - "curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh"
+      - 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"'
+      - "uv venv --python=3.12 && source .venv/bin/activate"
+      - "uv pip install --upgrade build"
+      - "python3 -m build"
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
 
-  # L3 Test
-  - label: "Upload Merge Pipeline"
-    depends_on: image-build
-    key: upload-merge-pipeline
-    commands:
-      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-merge.yml
+  - label: "Generate and upload wheel indices"
+    depends_on: "build-wheel"
+    allow_dependency_failure: true
     agents:
-      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+      queue: small_cpu_queue_release
+    commands:
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh"
 
-  # L4 Test
-  - label: "Upload Nightly Pipeline"
-    depends_on: image-build
-    key: upload-nightly-pipeline
-    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
-    commands:
-      - buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/test-nightly.yml
+  - block: "Upload release wheels to PyPI"
+    depends_on: "build-wheel"
+    key: block-upload-release-wheels
+
+  - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI"
+    depends_on:
+      - block-upload-release-wheels
+      - input-release-version
+    key: upload-release-wheels
     agents:
-      queue: "cpu_queue_premerge"
+      queue: small_cpu_queue_release
+    commands:
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/publish-release-wheels-pypi.sh"
+
+  - block: "Unblock to build release Docker images"
+    depends_on: ~
+    key: block-build-release-images
+
+  - group: "Build release Docker images"
+    key: "build-release-images"
+    depends_on: block-build-release-images
+    allow_dependency_failure: true
+    steps:
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64"
+        key: build-release-image-x86
+        depends_on: ~
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_release
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - |
+            DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+              --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+              --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) \
+              --progress plain \
+              -f docker/Dockerfile.cuda .
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
+          # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
+          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64"
+        key: build-release-image-arm64
+        depends_on: ~
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - |
+            DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+              --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+              --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) \
+              --progress plain \
+              -f docker/Dockerfile.cuda .
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+  - block: "Publish release images to DockerHub"
+    key: block-publish-release-images
+    depends_on:
+      - build-release-image-x86
+      - build-release-image-arm64
+      - input-release-version
+
+  - label: "Publish release images to DockerHub"
+    depends_on:
+      - block-publish-release-images
+    key: publish-release-images-dockerhub
+    agents:
+      queue: small_cpu_queue_release
+    commands:
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/publish-release-images.sh"
+    plugins:
+      - docker-login#v3.0.0:
+          username: vllmbot
+          password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-images.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-images.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e616604ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-images.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Publish release Docker images from ECR to DockerHub.
+# Pulls per-arch images, tags with `latest` and versioned tags, pushes them,
+# then creates and pushes a multi-arch manifest.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RELEASE_VERSION=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version --default "" | sed 's/^v//')
+if [ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: release-version metadata not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+COMMIT="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+DOCKERHUB_REPO="vllm/vllm-omni"
+ECR_REPO="public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-omni-release-repo"
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Publishing release images v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+echo "  Commit: ${COMMIT}"
+echo "========================================"
+
+# Login to ECR to pull staging images
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | \
+  docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7
+
+docker pull "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-x86_64"
+docker pull "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-aarch64"
+
+docker tag "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-x86_64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-x86_64"
+docker tag "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-x86_64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64"
+docker push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-x86_64"
+docker push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64"
+
+docker tag "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-aarch64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-aarch64"
+docker tag "${ECR_REPO}:${COMMIT}-aarch64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64"
+docker push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-aarch64"
+docker push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64"
+
+docker manifest rm "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest" || true
+docker manifest rm "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}" || true
+docker manifest create "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-x86_64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest-aarch64"
+docker manifest create "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64" "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64"
+docker manifest push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:latest"
+docker manifest push "${DOCKERHUB_REPO}:v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Successfully published release images for v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-wheels-pypi.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-wheels-pypi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c107e649e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-wheels-pypi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+BUCKET="vllm-wheels"
+SUBPATH="omni/$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+S3_COMMIT_PREFIX="s3://$BUCKET/$SUBPATH/"
+
+RELEASE_VERSION=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version | sed 's/^v//')
+if [[ -z "$RELEASE_VERSION" ]]; then
+  echo "[FATAL] release-version metadata not set."
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Release version: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+
+# if [[ -z "$PYPI_TOKEN" ]]; then
+#   echo "[FATAL] PYPI_TOKEN is not set."
+#   exit 1
+# else
+#   export TWINE_USERNAME="__token__"
+#   export TWINE_PASSWORD="$PYPI_TOKEN"
+# fi
+
+set -x
+
+ALL_DIR=/tmp/vllm-omni-release-all
+DIST_DIR=/tmp/vllm-omni-release-dist
+mkdir -p "$ALL_DIR" "$DIST_DIR"
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "All wheels in S3 (no filters):"
+echo "========================================"
+aws s3 cp --recursive "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX" "$ALL_DIR"
+ls -la "$ALL_DIR"
+
+echo ""
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Filtered wheels (include: vllm_omni-${RELEASE_VERSION}*.whl, exclude: *dev*):"
+echo "========================================"
+aws s3 cp --recursive --exclude "*" --include "vllm_omni-${RELEASE_VERSION}*.whl" --exclude "*dev*" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX" "$DIST_DIR"
+ls -la "$DIST_DIR"
+
+PYPI_WHEEL_FILES=$(find "$DIST_DIR" -name "vllm_omni-${RELEASE_VERSION}*.whl" -not -name "*+*")
+if [[ -z "$PYPI_WHEEL_FILES" ]]; then
+  echo "[FATAL] No wheels found for version ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Wheels that would be uploaded to PyPI:"
+echo "========================================"
+echo "$PYPI_WHEEL_FILES"
+
+# python3 -m twine check $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
+# python3 -m twine upload --non-interactive --verbose $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
+# echo "Wheels uploaded to PyPI"