diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-transmission-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/check-transmission-releases.yml
index f1a2b5955..35053f46f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-transmission-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-transmission-releases.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
           ref: dev
 
       - name: Check for new version of Transmission
         run: |
-          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/transmission/transmission/releases/latest | grep tag_name | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/,//')
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat upstream/transmission-version.txt)
-          if [ "$LATEST_VERSION" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
+          LATEST_SHA=$(curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/transmission/transmission/tags | tac | tac | awk '/sha/ {print $2; exit}' | sed -e 's/[",]//g')
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/transmission/transmission/releases/latest | awk '/tag_name/ {print $2}' | sed -e 's/[",]//g')
+          CURRENT_SHA=$(cat upstream/transmission-sha.txt)
+          if [ "$LATEST_SHA" != "$CURRENT_SHA" -a -n "$LATEST_SHA" -a -n "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "$LATEST_SHA" > upstream/transmission-sha.txt
             echo "$LATEST_VERSION" > upstream/transmission-version.txt
             git config --global user.email "workflow@github.com"
             git config --global user.name "workflow runner"
+            git add upstream/transmission-sha.txt
             git add upstream/transmission-version.txt
             git config user.email "transmission-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
             git config user.name "Transmission-Bot"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image-builds.yml
index 4e48a4f4d..bb00cdfc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image-builds.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - dev
+    paths-ignore:
+      - README.md
+      - docker-compose.yml
+      - mkdocs.yml
+      - .github/**
+      - docs/*
+      - images/*
+      - upstream/Dockerfile
+      - upstream/transmission-sha.txt
+      - upstream/transmission-version.txt
     tags:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-transmission-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-transmission-builds.yml
index 2581e9030..a4820b402 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-transmission-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-transmission-builds.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          ref: dev
 
       # Get latest version of Transmission
       - name: Get Transmission version
@@ -58,3 +61,14 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           cache-from: type=gha, scope=${{ github.workflow }}
           cache-to: type=gha, scope=${{ github.workflow}}
+
+      - name: Update build-version.txt
+        run: |
+          echo "$LATEST_VERSION" > upstream/build-version.txt
+          git config --global user.email "workflow@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "workflow runner"
+          git add upstream/build-version.txt
+          git config user.email "transmission-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config user.name "Transmission-Bot"
+          git commit -m "update image build version to ${LATEST_VERSION}"
+          git push origin dev
diff --git a/upstream/build-version.txt b/upstream/build-version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7636e7565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream/build-version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.0.5
diff --git a/upstream/transmission-sha.txt b/upstream/transmission-sha.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d84146f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream/transmission-sha.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a6fe2a64aa7eca089f96006cf082a12f0cde937f
diff --git a/upstream/transmission-version.txt b/upstream/transmission-version.txt
index d13e837c8..7636e7565 100644
--- a/upstream/transmission-version.txt
+++ b/upstream/transmission-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.6
+4.0.5