diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 3354ea37002b9..a21a657c4b05e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -86,3 +86,18 @@ steps:
       - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+  - block: "Build Neuron release image"
+    key: block-neuron-release-image-build
+    depends_on: ~
+
+  - label: "Build and publish Neuron release image"
+    depends_on: block-neuron-release-image-build
+    agents:
+      queue: neuron-postmerge
+    commands:
+      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-neuron-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-neuron-release-repo:latest --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.neuron ."
+      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-neuron-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"