diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yaml b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
index b4aa9ca016..978a38f414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.4.0'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: login to GitHub Container Registry
         run: echo ${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.repository_owner }} --password-stdin
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get digest
         id: get-step
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-initContainer-digest)"
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-initContainer-dev-digest)"
 
       - name: Sign image
         env:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.4.0'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: login to GitHub Container Registry
         run: echo ${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.repository_owner }} --password-stdin
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get digest
         id: get-step
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-kyverno-digest)"
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-kyverno-dev-digest)"
 
       - name: Sign image
         env:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.4.0'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: login to GitHub Container Registry
         run: echo ${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.repository_owner }} --password-stdin
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get digest
         id: get-step
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-cli-digest)"
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-cli-dev-digest)"
 
       - name: Sign image
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ff0eda6b15..907ee1c504 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release-init-kyverno:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.2.1'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: Cache Go modules
         uses: actions/cache@v1
@@ -50,23 +54,31 @@ jobs:
           echo "KYVERNO_VERSION=$(git describe --match "v[0-9]*")"
 
       - name :  docker images publish
-        id: push-step
         run: |
           make docker-publish-sigs
           make docker-publish-initContainer
 
+      - name: get digest
+        id: get-step
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-initContainer-digest)"
+
       - name: Sign image
         env:
           COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: "true"
         run: |
-          cosign sign \ 
+          cosign sign \
           -a "repo=${{ github.repository }}" \
           -a "workflow=${{ github.workflow }}" \
           -a "ref=${{ github.sha }}" \
-          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyvernopre@${{ steps.push-step.outputs.digest }}
+          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyvernopre@sha256:${{ steps.get-step.outputs.digest }}
 
   release-kyverno:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.2.1'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: Cache Go modules
         uses: actions/cache@v1
@@ -123,20 +135,24 @@ jobs:
           path: kyverno-v*-bom.cdx.json
 
       - name :  docker images publish
-        id: push-step
         run: |
           make docker-publish-sbom
           make docker-publish-kyverno
 
+      - name: get digest
+        id: get-step
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-kyverno-digest)"
+
       - name: Sign image and SBOM
         env:
           COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: "true"
         run: |
-          cosign sign \ 
+          cosign sign \
           -a "repo=${{ github.repository }}" \
           -a "workflow=${{ github.workflow }}" \
           -a "ref=${{ github.sha }}" \
-          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno@${{ steps.push-step.outputs.digest }}
+          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno@sha256:${{ steps.get-step.outputs.digest }}
           cosign attach sbom -sbom ./*-bom.cdx.json -type cyclonedx ghcr.io/kyverno/sbom:latest
 
       - name: Trivy Scan Image
@@ -151,6 +167,10 @@ jobs:
 
   release-kyverno-cli:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -165,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
         with:
-          cosign-release: 'v1.2.1'
+          cosign-release: 'v1.4.1'
 
       - name: Cache Go modules
         uses: actions/cache@v1
@@ -195,19 +215,23 @@ jobs:
           echo "KYVERNO_VERSION=$(git describe --match "v[0-9]*")"
 
       - name :  docker images publish
-        id: push-step
         run: |
           make docker-publish-cli
 
+      - name: get digest
+        id: get-step
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=digest::$(make docker-get-cli-digest)"
+
       - name: Sign image
         env:
           COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: "true"
         run: |
-          cosign sign \ 
+          cosign sign \
           -a "repo=${{ github.repository }}" \
           -a "workflow=${{ github.workflow }}" \
           -a "ref=${{ github.sha }}" \
-          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno-cli@${{ steps.push-step.outputs.digest }}
+          ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno-cli@sha256:${{ steps.get-step.outputs.digest }}
   
   create-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3259b65eba..1bc866f38e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ docker-push-initContainer: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS)
 
+docker-get-initContainer-digest:
+	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
+
 docker-build-initContainer-local:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/kyvernopre -tags $(TAGS) -ldflags=$(LD_FLAGS) $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/main.go
 	@docker build -f $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/localDockerfile -t $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ docker-push-initContainer-dev: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(INITC_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_LATEST_DEV)-latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV)
 
-docker-get-initContainer-digest:
+docker-get-initContainer-dev-digest:
 	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(INITC_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
 ##################################
 # KYVERNO CONTAINER
@@ -152,13 +155,16 @@ docker-push-kyverno: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(KYVERNO_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(KYVERNO_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS)
 
+docker-get-kyverno-digest:
+	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
+
 docker-publish-kyverno-dev: docker-buildx-builder docker-push-kyverno-dev
 
 docker-push-kyverno-dev: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(KYVERNO_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(KYVERNO_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_LATEST_DEV)-latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS)
 
-docker-get-kyverno-digest:
+docker-get-kyverno-dev-digest:
 	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
 ##################################
 
@@ -191,13 +197,16 @@ docker-push-cli: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(CLI_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(CLI_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS)
 
+docker-get-cli-digest:
+	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
+
 docker-publish-cli-dev: docker-buildx-builder docker-push-cli-dev
 
 docker-push-cli-dev: docker-buildx-builder
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(CLI_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV)
 	@docker buildx build --file $(PWD)/$(CLI_PATH)/Dockerfile --progress plane --push --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 --tag $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_LATEST_DEV)-latest . --build-arg LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS_DEV)
 
-docker-get-cli-digest:
+docker-get-cli-dev-digest:
 	@docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw $(REPO)/$(KYVERNO_CLI_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | openssl dgst -sha256 | sed 's/^.* //'
 
 ##################################