diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7b56277edc..3c6ef149d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,24 +22,6 @@ permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 
 jobs:
-  prepare:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.platforms.outputs.matrix }}
-    steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      -
-        name: Create matrix
-        id: platforms
-        run: |
-          echo matrix=$(docker buildx bake binary-cross --print | jq -cr '.target."binary-cross".platforms') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      -
-        name: Show matrix
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ steps.platforms.outputs.matrix }}
-
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -63,63 +45,88 @@ jobs:
           make ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   binary:
+    uses: docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml@v1
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # same as global permission
+      id-token: write # for signing attestation(s) with GitHub OIDC Token
+    with:
+      runner: amd64
+      artifact-name: compose
+      artifact-upload: true
+      cache: true
+      cache-scope: binary
+      target: release
+      output: local
+      sbom: true
+      sign: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+
+  binary-finalize:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
-      - prepare
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.matrix) }}
+      - binary
     steps:
       -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      -
-        name: Prepare
-        run: |
-          platform=${MATRIX_PLATFORM}
-          echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=${platform//\//-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        env:
-          MATRIX_PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-      -
-        name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Build
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v6
+        name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
-          source: .
-          targets: release
-          provenance: mode=max
-          sbom: true
-          set: |
-            *.platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
-            *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=binary-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
-            *.cache-to=type=gha,scope=binary-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }},mode=max
+          path: /tmp/compose-output
+          name: ${{ needs.binary.outputs.artifact-name }}
       -
         name: Rename provenance and sbom
-        working-directory: ./bin/release
         run: |
-          binname=$(find . -name 'docker-compose-*')
-          filename=$(basename "$binname" | sed -E 's/\.exe$//')
-          mv "provenance.json" "${filename}.provenance.json"
-          mv "sbom-binary.spdx.json" "${filename}.sbom.json"
-          find . -name 'sbom*.json' -exec rm {} \;
+          for pdir in /tmp/compose-output/*/; do
+            (
+              cd "$pdir"
+              binname=$(find . -name 'docker-compose-*')
+              filename=$(basename "${binname%.exe}")
+              mv "provenance.json" "${filename}.provenance.json"
+              mv "sbom-binary.spdx.json" "${filename}.sbom.json"
+              find . -name 'sbom*.json' -exec rm {} \;
+              if [ -f "provenance.sigstore.json" ]; then
+                mv "provenance.sigstore.json" "${filename}.sigstore.json"
+              fi
+            )
+          done
+          mkdir -p "./bin/release"
+          mv /tmp/compose-output/**/* "./bin/release/"
       -
-        name: List artifacts
+        name: Create checksum file
+        working-directory: ./bin/release
         run: |
-          tree -nh ./bin/release
+          find . -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 shasum -a 256 -b | sed 's# \*\./# *#' > $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt
+          shasum -a 256 -U -c $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt
+          mv $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt .
+          cat checksums.txt | while read sum file; do
+            if [[ "${file#\*}" == docker-compose-* && "${file#\*}" != *.provenance.json && "${file#\*}" != *.sbom.json && "${file#\*}" != *.sigstore.json ]]; then
+              echo "$sum $file" > ${file#\*}.sha256
+            fi
+          done
       -
         name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
-          name: compose-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
-          path: ./bin/release
+          name: release
+          path: ./bin/release/*
           if-no-files-found: error
 
+  bin-image-test:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    uses: docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml@v1
+    with:
+      runner: amd64
+      target: image-cross
+      cache: true
+      cache-scope: bin-image-test
+      output: image
+      push: false
+      sbom: true
+      set-meta-labels: true
+      meta-images: |
+        compose-bin
+      meta-tags: |
+        type=ref,event=pr
+      meta-bake-target: meta-helper
+
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           paths: bin/coverage/unit/report.xml       
         if: always()
+
   e2e:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: e2e (${{ matrix.mode }}, ${{ matrix.channel }})
@@ -254,6 +262,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           paths: /tmp/report/report.xml       
         if: always()
+
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
@@ -297,33 +306,19 @@ jobs:
   release:
     permissions:
       contents: write # to create a release (ncipollo/release-action)
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
-      - binary
+      - binary-finalize
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       -
         name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
-          pattern: compose-*
           path: ./bin/release
-          merge-multiple: true
-      -
-        name: Create checksums
-        working-directory: ./bin/release
-        run: |
-          find . -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 shasum -a 256 -b | sed 's# \*\./# *#' > $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt
-          shasum -a 256 -U -c $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt
-          mv $RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.txt .
-          cat checksums.txt | while read sum file; do
-            if [[ "${file#\*}" == docker-compose-* && "${file#\*}" != *.provenance.json && "${file#\*}" != *.sbom.json ]]; then
-              echo "$sum $file" > ${file#\*}.sha256
-            fi
-          done
+          name: release
       -
         name: List artifacts
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index 1a4650e3dd..64cb1e834e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -74,63 +74,39 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make e2e-compose-standalone
 
-  bin-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+  bin-image-prepare:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
-      digest: ${{ fromJSON(steps.bake.outputs.metadata).image-cross['containerimage.digest'] }}
+      repo-slug: ${{ env.REPO_SLUG }}
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Free disk space
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
-        with:
-          android: true
-          dotnet: true
-          haskell: true
-          large-packages: true
-          swap-storage: true
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      -
-        name: Login to DockerHub
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
+      # FIXME: can't use env object in reusable workflow inputs: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26671
+      - run: echo "Exposing env vars for reusable workflow"
+
+  bin-image:
+    uses: docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml@v1
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # same as global permission
+      id-token: write # for signing attestation(s) with GitHub OIDC Token
+    with:
+      runner: amd64
+      target: image-cross
+      cache: true
+      cache-scope: bin-image
+      output: image
+      push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+      sbom: true
+      set-meta-labels: true
+      meta-images: |
+        ${{ needs.bin-image-prepare.outputs.repo-slug }}
+      meta-tags: |
+        type=ref,event=tag
+        type=edge
+      meta-bake-target: meta-helper
+    secrets:
+      registry-auths: |
+        - registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERPUBLICBOT_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERPUBLICBOT_WRITE_PAT }}
-      -
-        name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      -
-        name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: |
-            ${{ env.REPO_SLUG }}
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=tag
-            type=edge
-          bake-target: meta-helper
-      -
-        name: Build and push image
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v6
-        id: bake
-        with:
-          source: .
-          files: |
-            ./docker-bake.hcl
-            ${{ steps.meta.outputs.bake-file }}
-          targets: image-cross
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          sbom: true
-          provenance: mode=max
-          set: |
-            *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=bin-image
-            *.cache-to=type=gha,scope=bin-image,mode=max
 
   desktop-edge-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest