diff --git a/.github/workflows/hamilton-ui-build-and-push.yml b/.github/workflows/hamilton-ui-build-and-push.yml
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+name: Building and pushing UI frontend and backend images
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check_and_build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install jq
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
+
+      - name: Check latest version of sf-hamilton-ui
+        id: check_version
+        run: |
+          response=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/sf-hamilton-ui/json)
+          version=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.info.version')
+          echo "latest_version=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Fetch highest version from Docker Hub
+        id: fetch_tags
+        run: |
+          # get the list of tags for the frontend image
+          tags=$(curl -s https://registry.hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/dagworks/ui-frontend/tags?page_size=100 | jq -r '.results[].name')
+
+          # find the highest version tag
+          highest_version="none"
+          for tag in $tags; do
+            if [[ "$tag" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+              if [ "$highest_version" == "none" ] || [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$tag" "$highest_version" | sort -V | tail -n1)" == "$tag" ]; then
+                highest_version="$tag"
+              fi
+            fi
+          done
+
+          echo "Highest version on Docker Hub: $highest_version"
+          echo "highest_version=$highest_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Compare versions
+        id: compare_versions
+        run: |
+          echo "Current version: $latest_version"
+          highest_version=${{ steps.fetch_tags.outputs.highest_version }}
+          echo "Highest version found: $highest_version"
+
+          if [[ "$latest_version" == "$highest_version" ]]; then
+            echo "No new version found. Exiting."
+            echo "skip_build=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "New version detected: $latest_version"
+            echo "skip_build=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run build and push script
+        if: env.skip_build != 'true'
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./ui/buildx_and_push.sh
+          ./ui/buildx_and_push.sh $latest_version
+
+      - name: Save the latest version to a file
+        if: env.skip_build != 'true'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p version_cache
+          echo "$latest_version" > version_cache/previous_version.txt
+
+      - name: Cache the latest version
+        if: env.skip_build != 'true'
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./version_cache
+          key: hamilton-ui-version-cache
diff --git a/ui/buildx_and_push.sh b/ui/buildx_and_push.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
+
+# check if Docker Buildx is installed
+check_buildx_installed() {
+    if ! docker buildx version &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Error: Docker Buildx is not installed. Please install Docker Buildx to proceed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# check if jq is installed
+check_jq_installed() {
+    if ! jq --version &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Error: jq is not installed. Please install jq to proceed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# fetches the latest version of sf-hamilton-ui from PyPI
+get_latest_version() {
+    response=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/sf-hamilton-ui/json)
+
+    # check if curl succeeded and the response is not empty
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$response" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Failed to fetch data from PyPI. Please check your internet connection or the URL."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # extract version using jq and handle potential errors
+    version=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.info.version')
+    if [ "$version" == "null" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Unable to extract version from the response."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "$version"
+}
+
+# check if Docker Buildx and jq are installed
+check_buildx_installed
+check_jq_installed
+
+VERSION=$(get_latest_version)
+
+echo "Using sf-hamilton-ui version: $VERSION"
+
+# check if Buildx is already enabled; create a builder instance if not
+docker buildx inspect hamilton-builder > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
+    docker buildx create --use --name hamilton-builder
+
+FRONTEND_IMAGE="dagworks/ui-frontend"
+BACKEND_IMAGE="dagworks/ui-backend"
+
+# define common platforms/architectures
+PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" # cd into the directory where this script is present(i.e. ui)
+
+docker buildx build --platform $PLATFORMS \
+    -t $BACKEND_IMAGE:$VERSION -t $BACKEND_IMAGE:latest \
+    --push -f backend/Dockerfile.backend-prod backend/
+
+docker buildx build --platform $PLATFORMS \
+    -t $FRONTEND_IMAGE:$VERSION -t $FRONTEND_IMAGE:latest \
+    --push -f frontend/Dockerfile.frontend-prod frontend/ \
+    --build-arg REACT_APP_AUTH_MODE=local \
+    --build-arg REACT_APP_USE_POSTHOG=false \