diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 7c1a871517e17a256b7f93563a6e40dd34522d98..e1aedd0812859e24feac01bc6e25fb29bd13a315 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
-.git
-.gitignore
-build
-/archive_old_fs_versions
+build/
+.git/
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+cmake-build-*/
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+GKFS_DATA/
+GKFS_METADATA/
+builds/
+.gitlab-ci-local/
+install/
+gkfs
+ci_output.txt
+log/
+logs/
+.cache/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5de91be752eaf7ee49c46bbe740b691240a54c24..1579e6364d5663f07c8bc03be8f8fefa4819a690 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
     - Dirents buffer size control (`LIBGKFS_DIRENTS_BUFF_SIZE`).
     - New sfind filtering in the server side
   - Added new tests (and enabling failing ones) to increase coverage
+  - Added docker image (release) for 0.9.6 ([!279](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/279))
 
 
 ### Changed 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9451f5f736d543c9569f7a40bd14c2878a620233..dde0ff34bcc7944bbcb10036a7d2f59bc6741a2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ endif ()
 if (GKFS_ENABLE_ROCKSDB)
     message(STATUS "[${PROJECT_NAME}] Checking for RocksDB")
     add_compile_definitions(GKFS_ENABLE_ROCKSDB)
+
+    # If liburing is available in the system, RocksDB will have been built
+    # with liburing support. If so, its native CMake configuration will
+    # expect a uring::uring target.
+    # Since liburing exports a pkg-config .pc file, we can use it
+    # to retrieve its details and create the target if it's missing.
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(liburing IMPORTED_TARGET liburing)
+    if (liburing_FOUND AND NOT TARGET uring::uring)
+        add_library(uring::uring INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+        target_link_libraries(uring::uring INTERFACE PkgConfig::liburing)
+    endif ()
+
     find_package(RocksDB REQUIRED)
     message(STATUS "[${PROJECT_NAME}] RocksDB version ${RocksDB_VERSION}")
     message(STATUS "[${PROJECT_NAME}] RocksDB location ${RocksDB_DIR}")
diff --git a/docker/0.9.6/release/Dockerfile b/docker/0.9.6/release/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..218325ddae1db7202d87d545fbe61b3944c443e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/0.9.6/release/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# Builder stage
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS builder
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    cmake \
+    git \
+    curl \
+    ca-certificates \
+    libtool \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    pkg-config \
+    bison \
+    flex \
+    libzstd-dev \
+    liblz4-dev \
+    libcap-dev \
+    libzmq3-dev \
+    liburing-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    python3 \
+    perl \
+    patch \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set up environment variables for the build
+ENV GKFS_PATH=/usr/local/gekkofs
+ENV GKFS_DEPS_PATH=/usr/local/gekkofs_deps
+ENV GKFS_SRC=/usr/src/gekkofs
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${GKFS_DEPS_PATH}/lib:${GKFS_DEPS_PATH}/lib64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}
+ENV LIBRARY_PATH=${GKFS_DEPS_PATH}/lib:${GKFS_DEPS_PATH}/lib64:${LIBRARY_PATH:-}
+
+
+# Create directories
+RUN mkdir -p ${GKFS_DEPS_PATH} ${GKFS_SRC}
+
+# Copy scripts and source
+COPY scripts ${GKFS_SRC}/scripts
+
+# Build dependencies
+# We use the default profile but might need to adjust if specific versions are required.
+# Assuming compile_dep.sh handles downloading/building dependencies.
+WORKDIR ${GKFS_SRC}
+RUN scripts/dl_dep.sh \
+    -P ${GKFS_SRC}/scripts/profiles \
+    -p docker:latest \
+    /usr/src/gekkofs_deps_src
+
+RUN scripts/compile_dep.sh \
+    -P ${GKFS_SRC}/scripts/profiles \
+    -p docker:latest \
+    -j $(nproc) \
+    /usr/src/gekkofs_deps_src \
+    ${GKFS_DEPS_PATH}
+
+# Copy rest of source (invalidates cache for GekkoFS build only)
+COPY . ${GKFS_SRC}
+
+# Build GekkoFS
+WORKDIR ${GKFS_SRC}/build
+RUN cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${GKFS_DEPS_PATH} \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GKFS_PATH} \
+    -DGKFS_RENAME_SUPPORT=ON \
+    -DGKFS_SYMLINK_SUPPORT=ON \
+    -DGKFS_ENABLE_ROCKSDB=ON \
+    -DGKFS_ENABLE_PROMETHEUS=ON \
+    -DGKFS_ENABLE_CLIENT_METRICS=ON \
+    -DGKFS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+    -DGKFS_INSTALL_TESTS=OFF \
+    -DGKFS_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+    .. && \
+    make -j$(nproc) && \
+    make install
+
+# Runtime stage
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+# Install runtime dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    libstdc++6 \
+    libgcc-s1 \
+    libcurl4 \
+    liblz4-1 \
+    libzstd1 \
+    libcap2 \
+    libzmq5 \
+    liburing2 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy GekkoFS artifacts
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/gekkofs /usr/local/gekkofs
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/gekkofs_deps/lib /usr/local/gekkofs_deps/lib
+
+# Set up environment variables
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/gekkofs/lib:/usr/local/gekkofs_deps/lib:/usr/local/lib
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/gekkofs/bin:${PATH}
+
+# Default command
+CMD ["gkfs_daemon", "--help"]
diff --git a/docker/0.9.6/release/Makefile b/docker/0.9.6/release/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3061dc6ee1065e19ab3a0867f376b4e82aa7a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/0.9.6/release/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.PHONY: all
+
+amd64:
+	docker build --platform amd64 -t gekkofs/release:0.9.6 -f Dockerfile ../../..
+
+aarch64:
+	docker build --platform aarch64 -t gekkofs/release:0.9.6 -f Dockerfile ../../..
+
+all:
+	docker build -t gekkofs/release:0.9.6 -f Dockerfile ../../..
diff --git a/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/docker.specs b/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/docker.specs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b6ea44135c26f776c75f33062ba07a2985b6e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/docker.specs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+declare -A wgetdeps clonedeps clonedeps_args clonedeps_patches extra_install_args
+declare -a order
+comment="Dependencies for Docker Release"
+wgetdeps=(
+    ["zstd"]="1.5.7"
+    ["lz4"]="1.9.4"
+    ["capstone"]="6.0.0-Alpha1"
+    ["argobots"]="1.2"
+    ["rocksdb"]="10.4.2"
+    ["json-c"]="0.17-20230812"
+    ["cereal"]="1.3.2"
+    ["libzmq"]="4.3.5"
+    ["cppzmq"]="4.10.0"
+    ["prometheus-cpp"]="v1.0.0"
+)
+clonedeps=(
+    ["libfabric"]="HEAD@v2.2.0"
+    ["mercury"]="v2.4.1"
+    ["margo"]="v0.21.0"
+    ["thallium"]="v0.15.1"
+    ["syscall_intercept"]="d8b2a69961921ed123625c79a609331fc56a8931"
+)
+clonedeps_args=(
+    ["mercury"]="--recurse-submodules"
+)
+order=(
+    "lz4" "zstd" "capstone" "json-c" "cereal" "libfabric" "mercury" "argobots" "margo" "thallium" "rocksdb" "syscall_intercept" "libzmq" "cppzmq" "prometheus-cpp"
+)
+extra_install_args=()
diff --git a/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/install/zstd.install b/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/install/zstd.install
index 0152130593884aeb2bd6ed34d8ba4f0e80f11977..439feb5f24a81d11fc83ba40ed14aa41b901517f 100644
--- a/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/install/zstd.install
+++ b/scripts/profiles/0.9.6-dev/install/zstd.install
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pkg_install() {
           -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON ..
 
     make -j"${CORES}"
-    make DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}" PREFIX="" install
+    make install
 
 
     
diff --git a/src/common/msgpack_util.cpp b/src/common/msgpack_util.cpp
index 687bacf503fbe30091b1f95a9e33aa9a8186e6e5..88f1bd6af62f6f27e0f4838420794aed4fd5bf87 100644
--- a/src/common/msgpack_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/msgpack_util.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ ClientMetrics::path() const {
     return flush_path_;
 }
 void
-ClientMetrics::path(const string& path, const string prefix) {
+ClientMetrics::path(const string& path, const string& prefix) {
     const std::time_t t = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(init_t_);
     std::stringstream init_t_stream;
     init_t_stream << std::put_time(std::localtime(&t), "%F_%T");