diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c1bbe9c44..9d3fe3641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -287,10 +287,15 @@ jobs:
           image_refs=()
 
           tag_and_push() {
-            local src="$1" img_name tag dst
+            local src="$1" img_name tag dst variant=""
             img_name="${src%%:*}"
+            # Client variants share a repository, so keep their tag suffixes.
+            case "$src" in
+              *-rootless-ubi-amd64) variant="-rootless-ubi" ;;
+              *-rootless-amd64) variant="-rootless" ;;
+            esac
             for tag in $(resolve_tags); do
-              dst="${img_name}:${tag}"
+              dst="${img_name}:${tag}${variant}"
               echo "Tagging ${src} -> ${dst}"
               docker tag "$src" "$dst"
               docker push "$dst"