diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index fc245f42a8..2e56bf909f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
       options: --init
 
     # Increase timeout to 8h, default timeout is 6h
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
       options: --init
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..251423e701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+name: Build build-tools image
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      image-tag:
+        description: "build-tools image tag"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    outputs:
+      image-tag:
+        description: "build-tools tag"
+        value: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+      image:
+        description: "build-tools image"
+        value: neondatabase/build-tools:${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: build-build-tools-image-${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+
+# No permission for GITHUB_TOKEN by default; the **minimal required** set of permissions should be granted in each job.
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  check-image:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
+
+  # This job uses older version of GitHub Actions because it's run on gen2 runners, which don't support node 20 (for newer versions)
+  build-image:
+    needs: [ check-image ]
+    if: needs.check-image.outputs.found == 'false'
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [ x64, arm64 ]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJson(format('["self-hosted", "dev", "{0}"]', matrix.arch)) }}
+
+    env:
+      IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check `input.tag` is correct
+        env:
+          INPUTS_IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+          CHECK_IMAGE_TAG : ${{ needs.check-image.outputs.image-tag }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${INPUTS_IMAGE_TAG}" != "${CHECK_IMAGE_TAG}" ]; then
+            echo "'inputs.image-tag' (${INPUTS_IMAGE_TAG}) does not match the tag of the latest build-tools image 'inputs.image-tag' (${CHECK_IMAGE_TAG})"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Use custom DOCKER_CONFIG directory to avoid conflicts with default settings
+      # The default value is ~/.docker
+      - name: Set custom docker config directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/.docker-custom
+          echo DOCKER_CONFIG=/tmp/.docker-custom >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          provenance: false
+          push: true
+          pull: true
+          file: Dockerfile.build-tools
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=neondatabase/build-tools:cache-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=neondatabase/build-tools:cache-${{ matrix.arch }},mode=max
+          tags: neondatabase/build-tools:${{ inputs.image-tag }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+      - name: Remove custom docker config directory
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/.docker-custom
+
+  merge-images:
+    needs: [ build-image ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Create multi-arch image
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create -t neondatabase/build-tools:${IMAGE_TAG} \
+                                             neondatabase/build-tools:${IMAGE_TAG}-x64 \
+                                             neondatabase/build-tools:${IMAGE_TAG}-arm64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_image.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 892e21114b..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_image.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and Push Docker Image
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      dockerfile-path:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      image-name:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-    outputs:
-      build-tools-tag:
-        description: "tag generated for build tools"
-        value: ${{ jobs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
-
-jobs:
-  check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      docker_file_changed: ${{ steps.dockerfile.outputs.docker_file_changed }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check if Dockerfile.buildtools has changed
-        id: dockerfile
-        run: |
-          if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" != "pull_request" ]]; then
-            echo "docker_file_changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit
-          fi
-          updated_files=$(gh pr --repo neondatabase/neon diff ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --name-only)
-          if [[ $updated_files == *"Dockerfile.buildtools"* ]]; then
-            echo "docker_file_changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed ]
-    outputs:
-      build-tools-tag: ${{steps.buildtools-tag.outputs.image_tag}}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Get buildtools tag
-        env:
-          DOCKERFILE_CHANGED: ${{ needs.check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed.outputs.docker_file_changed }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "pull_request" ]] && [[ "${DOCKERFILE_CHANGED}" == "true" ]]; then
-            IMAGE_TAG=$GITHUB_RUN_ID
-          else
-            IMAGE_TAG=pinned
-          fi
-
-          echo "image_tag=${IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        shell: bash
-        id: buildtools-tag
-
-  kaniko:
-    if: needs.check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed.outputs.docker_file_changed == 'true'
-    needs: [ tag, check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed ]
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, dev, x64 ]
-    container: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.7.0-debug
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
-
-      - name: Configure ECR login
-        run: echo "{\"credsStore\":\"ecr-login\"}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
-
-      - name: Kaniko build
-        run: |
-          /kaniko/executor \
-            --reproducible \
-            --snapshotMode=redo \
-            --skip-unused-stages \
-            --dockerfile ${{ inputs.dockerfile-path }} \
-            --cache=true \
-            --cache-repo 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/cache \
-            --destination 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}-amd64
-
-  kaniko-arm:
-    if: needs.check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed.outputs.docker_file_changed == 'true'
-    needs: [ tag, check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed ]
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, dev, arm64 ]
-    container: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.7.0-debug
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
-
-      - name: Configure ECR login
-        run: echo "{\"credsStore\":\"ecr-login\"}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
-
-      - name: Kaniko build
-        run: |
-          /kaniko/executor \
-            --reproducible \
-            --snapshotMode=redo \
-            --skip-unused-stages \
-            --dockerfile ${{ inputs.dockerfile-path }} \
-            --cache=true \
-            --cache-repo 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/cache \
-            --destination 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}-arm64
-
-  manifest:
-    if: needs.check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed.outputs.docker_file_changed == 'true'
-    name: 'manifest'
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, dev, x64 ]
-    needs:
-      - tag
-      - kaniko
-      - kaniko-arm
-      - check-if-build-tools-dockerfile-changed
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Create manifest
-        run: |
-          docker manifest create 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }} \
-                         --amend 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}-amd64 \
-                         --amend 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}-arm64
-
-      - name: Push manifest
-        run: docker manifest push 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 0e67259b3f..e29a58bbe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -77,19 +77,25 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         id: build-tag
 
-  build-buildtools-image:
+  check-build-tools-image:
     needs: [ check-permissions ]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_image.yml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
+
+  build-build-tools-image:
+    needs: [ check-build-tools-image ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
     with:
-      dockerfile-path: Dockerfile.buildtools
-      image-name: build-tools
+      image-tag: ${{ needs.check-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   check-codestyle-python:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -118,10 +124,13 @@ jobs:
         run: poetry run mypy .
 
   check-codestyle-rust:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -185,10 +194,13 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo deny check --hide-inclusion-graph
 
   build-neon:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, tag, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, tag, build-build-tools-image ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       # Raise locked memory limit for tokio-epoll-uring.
       # On 5.10 LTS kernels < 5.10.162 (and generally mainline kernels < 5.12),
       # io_uring will account the memory of the CQ and SQ as locked.
@@ -426,10 +438,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/save-coverage-data
 
   regress-tests:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-buildtools-image, tag ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-build-tools-image, tag ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       # for changed limits, see comments on `options:` earlier in this file
       options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
     strategy:
@@ -473,10 +488,13 @@ jobs:
   get-benchmarks-durations:
     outputs:
       json: ${{ steps.get-benchmark-durations.outputs.json }}
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
     if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
     steps:
@@ -503,10 +521,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "json=$(jq --compact-output '.' /tmp/benchmark_durations.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   benchmarks:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-buildtools-image, get-benchmarks-durations ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-build-tools-image, get-benchmarks-durations ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       # for changed limits, see comments on `options:` earlier in this file
       options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
     if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
@@ -538,12 +559,15 @@ jobs:
       # while coverage is currently collected for the debug ones
 
   create-test-report:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, coverage-report, benchmarks, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, coverage-report, benchmarks, build-build-tools-image ]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && contains(fromJSON('["skipped", "success"]'), needs.check-permissions.result) }}
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -584,10 +608,13 @@ jobs:
             })
 
   coverage-report:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, build-buildtools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, build-build-tools-image ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -691,7 +718,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   neon-image:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image, tag ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image, tag ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
 
     steps:
@@ -726,8 +753,7 @@ jobs:
           build-args: |
             GIT_VERSION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
             BUILD_TAG=${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
-            TAG=${{ needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag }}
-            REPOSITORY=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
+            TAG=${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
           provenance: false
           push: true
           pull: true
@@ -745,7 +771,7 @@ jobs:
 
   compute-tools-image:
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image, tag ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image, tag ]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -779,8 +805,7 @@ jobs:
           build-args: |
             GIT_VERSION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
             BUILD_TAG=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
-            TAG=${{needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag}}
-            REPOSITORY=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
+            TAG=${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
           provenance: false
           push: true
           pull: true
@@ -797,7 +822,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf .docker-custom
 
   compute-node-image:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-buildtools-image, tag ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image, tag ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
 
     strategy:
@@ -844,8 +869,7 @@ jobs:
             GIT_VERSION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
             PG_VERSION=${{ matrix.version }}
             BUILD_TAG=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
-            TAG=${{needs.build-buildtools-image.outputs.build-tools-tag}}
-            REPOSITORY=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
+            TAG=${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
           provenance: false
           push: true
           pull: true
@@ -938,7 +962,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify docker-compose example
         timeout-minutes: 20
-        run: env REPOSITORY=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com TAG=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} ./docker-compose/docker_compose_test.sh
+        run: env TAG=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} ./docker-compose/docker_compose_test.sh
 
       - name: Print logs and clean up
         if: always()
@@ -1218,3 +1242,10 @@ jobs:
 
             time aws s3 cp --only-show-errors s3://${BUCKET}/${S3_KEY} s3://${BUCKET}/${PREFIX}/${FILENAME}
           done
+
+  pin-build-tools-image:
+    needs: [ build-build-tools-image, promote-images, regress-tests ]
+    if: github.ref_name == 'main'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
+    with:
+      from-tag: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28646dfc19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Check build-tools image
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      image-tag:
+        description: "build-tools image tag"
+        value: ${{ jobs.check-image.outputs.tag }}
+      found:
+        description: "Whether the image is found in the registry"
+        value: ${{ jobs.check-image.outputs.found }}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
+
+# No permission for GITHUB_TOKEN by default; the **minimal required** set of permissions should be granted in each job.
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  check-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.get-build-tools-tag.outputs.image-tag }}
+      found: ${{ steps.check-image.outputs.found }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get build-tools image tag for the current commit
+        id: get-build-tools-tag
+        env:
+          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          LAST_BUILD_TOOLS_SHA=$(
+            gh api \
+              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+              -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+              --method GET \
+              --field path=Dockerfile.build-tools \
+              --field sha=${COMMIT_SHA} \
+              --field per_page=1 \
+              --jq ".[0].sha" \
+              "/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commits"
+          )
+          echo "image-tag=${LAST_BUILD_TOOLS_SHA}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if such tag found in the registry
+        id: check-image
+        env:
+          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ steps.get-build-tools-tag.outputs.image-tag }}
+        run: |
+          if docker manifest inspect neondatabase/build-tools:${IMAGE_TAG}; then
+            found=true
+          else
+            found=false
+          fi
+
+          echo "found=${found}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/neon_extra_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/neon_extra_builds.yml
index 1c9763cc00..5a2f9d6645 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/neon_extra_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/neon_extra_builds.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ jobs:
     with:
       github-event-name: ${{ github.event_name}}
 
+  check-build-tools-image:
+    needs: [ check-permissions ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
+
+  build-build-tools-image:
+    needs: [ check-build-tools-image ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
+    with:
+      image-tag: ${{ needs.check-build-tools-image.outputs.image-tag }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
   check-macos-build:
     needs: [ check-permissions ]
     if: |
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./run_clippy.sh
 
   check-linux-arm-build:
-    needs: [ check-permissions ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     timeout-minutes: 90
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, dev, arm64 ]
 
@@ -137,7 +148,10 @@ jobs:
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY_DEV }}
 
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -244,12 +258,15 @@ jobs:
           cargo nextest run --package remote_storage --test test_real_azure
 
   check-codestyle-rust-arm:
-    needs: [ check-permissions ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     timeout-minutes: 90
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, dev, arm64 ]
 
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -316,14 +333,17 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo deny check
 
   gather-rust-build-stats:
-    needs: [ check-permissions ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
     if: |
       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-extra-build-stats') ||
       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-extra-build-*') ||
       github.ref_name == 'main'
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
+      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
 
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c941692066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: 'Pin build-tools image'
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      from-tag:
+        description: 'Source tag'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      from-tag:
+        description: 'Source tag'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pin-build-tools-image-${{ inputs.from-tag }}
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  tag-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      FROM_TAG: ${{ inputs.from-tag }}
+      TO_TAG: pinned
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if we really need to pin the image
+        id: check-manifests
+        run: |
+          docker manifest inspect neondatabase/build-tools:${FROM_TAG} > ${FROM_TAG}.json
+          docker manifest inspect neondatabase/build-tools:${TO_TAG}   > ${TO_TAG}.json
+
+          if diff ${FROM_TAG}.json ${TO_TAG}.json; then
+            skip=true
+          else
+            skip=false
+          fi
+
+          echo "skip=${skip}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: steps.check-manifests.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Tag build-tools with `${{ env.TO_TAG }}` in Docker Hub
+        if: steps.check-manifests.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create -t neondatabase/build-tools:${TO_TAG} \
+                                             neondatabase/build-tools:${FROM_TAG}
+
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: steps.check-manifests.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        with:
+          registry: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
+          username: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY_DEV }}
+
+      - name: Tag build-tools with `${{ env.TO_TAG }}` in ECR
+        if: steps.check-manifests.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create -t 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:${TO_TAG} \
+                                             neondatabase/build-tools:${FROM_TAG}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_build_tools_image.yml b/.github/workflows/update_build_tools_image.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 900724fc60..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update_build_tools_image.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Update build tools image tag'
-
-# This workflow it used to update tag of build tools in ECR.
-# The most common use case is adding/moving `pinned` tag to `${GITHUB_RUN_IT}` image.
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      from-tag:
-        description: 'Source tag'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      to-tag:
-        description: 'Destination tag'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-        default: 'pinned'
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  tag-image:
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
-
-    env:
-      ECR_IMAGE: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools
-      DOCKER_HUB_IMAGE: docker.io/neondatabase/build-tools
-      FROM_TAG: ${{ inputs.from-tag }}
-      TO_TAG: ${{ inputs.to-tag }}
-
-    steps:
-      # Use custom DOCKER_CONFIG directory to avoid conflicts with default settings
-      # The default value is ~/.docker
-      - name: Set custom docker config directory
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p .docker-custom
-          echo DOCKER_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.docker-custom >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
-          username: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY_DEV }}
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.21'
-
-      - name: Install crane
-        run: |
-          go install github.com/google/go-containerregistry/cmd/crane@a0658aa1d0cc7a7f1bcc4a3af9155335b6943f40 # v0.18.0
-
-      - name: Copy images
-        run: |
-          crane copy "${ECR_IMAGE}:${FROM_TAG}" "${ECR_IMAGE}:${TO_TAG}"
-          crane copy "${ECR_IMAGE}:${FROM_TAG}" "${DOCKER_HUB_IMAGE}:${TO_TAG}"
-
-      - name: Remove custom docker config directory
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          rm -rf .docker-custom
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2e447fba47..164eb77f58 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -74,16 +74,11 @@ We're using the following approach to make it work:
 
 For details see [`approved-for-ci-run.yml`](.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml)
 
-## How do I add the "pinned" tag to an buildtools image?
-We use the `pinned` tag for `Dockerfile.buildtools` build images in our CI/CD setup, currently adding the `pinned` tag is a manual operation.
+## How do I make build-tools image "pinned"
 
-You can call it from GitHub UI: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/actions/workflows/update_build_tools_image.yml,
-or using GitHub CLI:
+It's possible to update the `pinned` tag of the `build-tools` image using the `pin-build-tools-image.yml` workflow.
 
 ```bash
-gh workflow -R neondatabase/neon run update_build_tools_image.yml \
-            -f from-tag=6254913013 \
-            -f to-tag=pinned \
-
-# Default `-f to-tag` is `pinned`, so the parameter can be omitted.
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+gh workflow -R neondatabase/neon run pin-build-tools-image.yml \
+            -f from-tag=cc98d9b00d670f182c507ae3783342bd7e64c31e
+```
diff --git a/Dockerfile.buildtools b/Dockerfile.build-tools
similarity index 100%
rename from Dockerfile.buildtools
rename to Dockerfile.build-tools