diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b2467d137d1d358504829a6ceda4722ffaffb77..55f41c7d90aa0eab16da1d8a5e75912a96b5b936 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -175,77 +175,39 @@ shellcheck:
 #     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
 #     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
 
-gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:with-opentofu-version:
-  extends: .opentofu-versions
+gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:
   stage: deploy
   image:
     name: gcr.io/go-containerregistry/crane:debug
     entrypoint: [""]
-  variables:
-    RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/gitlab-opentofu"
+  before_script:
+    - crane auth login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" "$CI_REGISTRY"
+  script:
     # OCI image tags are not compatible with semver, specifically the build metadata part
     # indicated with a `+` sign, see https://github.com/distribution/distribution/issues/1201
     # We use a dash `-` here, instead of the `+`.
     # This may be problematic, because it indicates a semver prerelease.
-    RELEASE_SEMVER: "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}-opentofu${OPENTOFU_VERSION}"
-    RELEASE_IMAGE: "$RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME:$RELEASE_SEMVER"
-  before_script:
-    - crane auth login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" "$CI_REGISTRY"
-  script:
-    - crane copy "$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME" "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
+    - export RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME="$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/gitlab-opentofu"
+    - export RELEASE_IMAGE="${RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME}:${RELEASE_VERSION}${RELEASE_OPENTOFU_VERSION:+-opentofu$RELEASE_OPENTOFU_VERSION}"
+    - echo "Deploying $GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME as $RELEASE_IMAGE"
+    # - crane copy "$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME" "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
     - 'echo "- \`$RELEASE_IMAGE\` (digest: \`$(crane digest $RELEASE_IMAGE)\`)" > image$CI_JOB_ID.md'
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - 'image*.md'
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-
-gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:latest-with-opentofu-version:
-  extends: .opentofu-versions
-  stage: deploy
-  image:
-    name: gcr.io/go-containerregistry/crane:debug
-    entrypoint: [""]
-  variables:
-    RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/gitlab-opentofu"
-    RELEASE_SEMVER: "latest-opentofu${OPENTOFU_VERSION}"
-    RELEASE_IMAGE: "$RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME:$RELEASE_SEMVER"
-  before_script:
-    - crane auth login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" "$CI_REGISTRY"
-  script:
-    - crane copy "$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME" "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
-    - 'echo "- \`$RELEASE_IMAGE\` (digest: \`$(crane digest $RELEASE_IMAGE)\`)" > image$CI_JOB_ID.md'
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - 'image*.md'
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-
-gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:latest:
-  stage: deploy
-  image:
-    name: gcr.io/go-containerregistry/crane:debug
-    entrypoint: [""]
-  variables:
-    OPENTOFU_VERSION: $LATEST_OPENTOFU_VERSION
-    RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/gitlab-opentofu"
-    RELEASE_IMAGE: "$RELEASE_IMAGE_NAME:$RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG"
-  before_script:
-    - crane auth login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" "$CI_REGISTRY"
-  script:
-    - crane copy "$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME" "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
-    - 'echo "- \`$RELEASE_IMAGE\` (digest: \`$(crane digest $RELEASE_IMAGE)\`)" > image$CI_JOB_ID.md'
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - 'image*.md'
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
   parallel:
     matrix:
-      - RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
-      - RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}-opentofulatest
-      - RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG: latest-opentofulatest
-      - RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG: latest
+      - OPENTOFU_VERSION: !reference [.data, supported_versions]
+        RELEASE_VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+        RELEASE_OPENTOFU_VERSION: $OPENTOFU_VERSION
+      - OPENTOFU_VERSION: !reference [.data, supported_versions]
+        RELEASE_VERSION: latest
+        RELEASE_OPENTOFU_VERSION: $OPENTOFU_VERSION
+      - OPENTOFU_VERSION: $LATEST_OPENTOFU_VERSION
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ["${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", latest]
+        RELEASE_OPENTOFU_VERSION: ["", latest]
+  # rules:
+    # - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
 
 # If the pipeline is for a new tag with a semantic version, and all previous jobs succeed,
 # create the release.