diff --git a/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine-binary b/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine-binary
index 61151f0d2a..eae3a123bf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine-binary
+++ b/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine-binary
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
-ARG REPO=stacks-network/stacks-core
+ARG REPO
 
-RUN case ${TARGETARCH} in \
-    "amd64")  BIN_ARCH=linux-musl-x64-v3  ;; \
-    "arm64")  BIN_ARCH=linux-musl-arm64  ;; \
-    "arm")  BIN_ARCH=linux-musl-armv7  ;; \
-    "*") exit 1 ;; \
+RUN case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
+    linux/amd64/v2) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-x64-v2 ;; \
+    linux/amd64*) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-x64 ;; \
+    linux/arm64*) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-arm64 ;; \
+    linux/arm/v7) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-armv7 ;; \
+    *) exit 1 ;; \
     esac \
+    && echo "TARGETPLATFORM: $TARGETPLATFORM" \
+    && echo "BIN_ARCH: $BIN_ARCH" \
+    && echo "wget -q https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${BIN_ARCH}.zip -O /${BIN_ARCH}.zip" \
     && wget -q https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${BIN_ARCH}.zip -O /${BIN_ARCH}.zip \
     && unzip ${BIN_ARCH}.zip -d /out
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian-binary b/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian-binary
index 7bfd252c04..f446190853 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian-binary
+++ b/.github/actions/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian-binary
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
-ARG REPO=stacks-network/stacks-core
+ARG REPO
 
-RUN case ${TARGETARCH} in \
-    "amd64")  BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-x64-v3  ;; \
-    "arm64")  BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-arm64  ;; \
-    "arm")  BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-armv7  ;; \
-    "*") exit 1 ;; \
+RUN case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
+    linux/amd64/v2) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-x64-v2 ;; \
+    linux/amd64*) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-x64 ;; \
+    linux/arm64*) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-arm64 ;; \
+    linux/arm/v7) BIN_ARCH=linux-glibc-armv7 ;; \
+    *) exit 1 ;; \
     esac \
+    && echo "TARGETPLATFORM: $TARGETPLATFORM" \
+    && echo "BIN_ARCH: $BIN_ARCH" \
+    && echo "wget -q https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${BIN_ARCH}.zip -O /${BIN_ARCH}.zip" \
     && wget -q https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}/${BIN_ARCH}.zip -O /${BIN_ARCH}.zip \
     && unzip ${BIN_ARCH}.zip -d /out
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-source-binary.yml b/.github/workflows/create-source-binary.yml
index d0cff1cde6..0848cf2eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-source-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-source-binary.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ jobs:
         cpu:
           - arm64
           - armv7
-          - x86-64
-          - x86-64-v3
+          - x86-64 ## defaults to x86-64-v3 variant - intel haswell (2013) and newer
+          # - x86-64-v2 ## intel nehalem (2008) and newer
+          # - x86-64-v3 ## intel haswell (2013) and newer
+          # - x86-64-v4 ## intel skylake (2017) and newer
         exclude:
           - arch: windows # excludes windows-arm64
             cpu: arm64
@@ -57,19 +59,33 @@ jobs:
         uses: stacks-network/actions/docker@main
 
       - name: Set Local env vars
-        id: set_envars
+        id: set_env
         run: |
           case ${{ matrix.cpu }} in
               x86-64)
-                  TARGET_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}"
+                  ## default x64 builds to use v3 variant. TARGET_CPU is required to build for v3 via RUSTFLAGS
+                  TARGET_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}-v3"
                   DOCKERFILE_CPU="x64"
                   ARCHIVE_NAME="x64"
                   ;;
+              x86-64-v2)
+                  ## intel nehalem (2008) and newer
+                  TARGET_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}"
+                  DOCKERFILE_CPU="x64"
+                  ARCHIVE_NAME="x64-v2"
+                  ;;
               x86-64-v3)
+                  ## intel haswell (2013) and newer
                   TARGET_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}"
                   DOCKERFILE_CPU="x64"
                   ARCHIVE_NAME="x64-v3"
                   ;;
+              x86-64-v4)
+                  ## intel skylake (2017) and newer
+                  TARGET_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}"
+                  DOCKERFILE_CPU="x64"
+                  ARCHIVE_NAME="x64-v4"
+                  ;;
               *)
                   TARGET_CPU=""
                   DOCKERFILE_CPU="${{ matrix.cpu }}"
@@ -79,9 +95,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "DOCKERFILE=Dockerfile.${{ matrix.arch }}-${DOCKERFILE_CPU}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "ZIPFILE=${{ matrix.arch }}-${ARCHIVE_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "TARGET_CPU=${TARGET_CPU}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "DOCKERFILE: ${DOCKERFILE}"
-          echo "ZIPFILE: ${ZIPFILE}"
-          echo "TARGET_CPU: ${TARGET_CPU}"
 
       ## Build the binaries using defined dockerfiles
       - name: Build Binary (${{ matrix.arch }}_${{ matrix.cpu }})
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-build-binary.yml b/.github/workflows/image-build-binary.yml
index 11a1012188..b804ae3be6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-build-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-build-binary.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 ## Define which docker arch to build for
 env:
-  docker_platforms: "linux/arm64, linux/arm/v7, linux/amd64, linux/amd64/v2, linux/amd64/v3"
+  docker_platforms: "linux/arm64, linux/arm/v7, linux/amd64, linux/amd64/v3"
   docker-org: blockstack
 
 concurrency:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       ## if the repo owner is not `stacks-network`, default to a docker-org of the repo owner (i.e. github user id)
       ## this allows forks to run the docker push workflows without having to hardcode a dockerhub org (but it does require docker hub user to match github username)
       - name: Set Local env vars
-        id: set_envars
+        id: set_env
         if: |
           github.repository_owner != 'stacks-network'
         run: |
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         id: docker_metadata
         uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 #v5.0.0
         with:
+          ## tag images with current repo name `stacks-core` as well as legacy `stacks-blockchain`
           images: |
             ${{env.docker-org}}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
             ${{env.docker-org}}/stacks-blockchain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-build-source.yml b/.github/workflows/image-build-source.yml
index c2609caf37..ebb9afc679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-build-source.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-build-source.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 ## Define which docker arch to build for
 env:
-  docker_platforms: linux/amd64
+  docker_platforms: "linux/amd64"
   docker-org: blockstack
 
 concurrency:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       ## if the repo owner is not `stacks-network`, default to a docker-org of the repo owner (i.e. github user id)
       ## this allows forks to run the docker push workflows without having to hardcode a dockerhub org (but it does require docker hub user to match github username)
       - name: Set Local env vars
-        id: set_envars
+        id: set_env
         if: |
           github.repository_owner != 'stacks-network'
         run: |
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.docker_metadata.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.docker_metadata.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: |
-            REPO=${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
             STACKS_NODE_VERSION=${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}
             GIT_BRANCH=${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SHORT }}
             GIT_COMMIT=${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}