diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index ecee6a9b..c7517ad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on:
 env:
   DOCKERHUB_IMAGE: archivebox/archivebox
   GHCR_IMAGE: ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox
-  ABX_DL_IMAGE: archivebox/abx-dl:latest
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -105,6 +104,23 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -Eeuo pipefail
+          ABX_DL_VERSION="$(python3 - <<'PY'
+          import re
+          import tomllib
+
+          with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+              deps = tomllib.load(f)["project"]["dependencies"]
+
+          for dep in deps:
+              match = re.match(r"abx-dl\s*(?:==|>=)\s*([^,;\s]+)", dep)
+              if match:
+                  print(match.group(1))
+                  break
+          else:
+              raise SystemExit("Missing abx-dl dependency in pyproject.toml")
+          PY
+          )"
+          ABX_DL_IMAGE="${ABX_DL_IMAGE:-archivebox/abx-dl:${ABX_DL_VERSION}}"
           deadline=$((SECONDS + 1800))
           until docker buildx imagetools inspect "${ABX_DL_IMAGE}" >/tmp/abx-dl-image.json; do
             if (( SECONDS >= deadline )); then
@@ -173,6 +189,7 @@ jobs:
             ABX_DL_IMAGE=${{ steps.abx_dl_image.outputs.image }}
           cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.cache_scope }}
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.cache_scope }}
+          pull: true
           platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
           outputs: type=image,push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
 
diff --git a/bin/build_docker.sh b/bin/build_docker.sh
index cbc4606f..07ead00a 100755
--- a/bin/build_docker.sh
+++ b/bin/build_docker.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ declare -a TAG_NAMES=("$@")
 BRANCH_NAME="${1:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}"
 VERSION="$(grep '^version = ' "${REPO_DIR}/pyproject.toml" | awk -F'"' '{print $2}')"
 GIT_SHA=sha-"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+ABX_DL_VERSION="$(python3 - <<'PY'
+import re
+import tomllib
+
+with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+    deps = tomllib.load(f)["project"]["dependencies"]
+
+for dep in deps:
+    match = re.match(r"abx-dl\s*(?:==|>=)\s*([^,;\s]+)", dep)
+    if match:
+        print(match.group(1))
+        break
+else:
+    raise SystemExit("Missing abx-dl dependency in pyproject.toml")
+PY
+)"
+ABX_DL_IMAGE="${ABX_DL_IMAGE:-archivebox/abx-dl:${ABX_DL_VERSION}}"
 NATIVE_ARCH="$(docker info --format '{{.Architecture}}' 2>/dev/null || uname -m)"
 case "$NATIVE_ARCH" in
     x86_64|amd64) NATIVE_PLATFORM="linux/amd64" ;;
@@ -41,7 +58,7 @@ if ! echo "${TAG_NAMES[@]}" | grep -q "$VERSION"; then
     TAG_NAMES+=("$VERSION")
 fi
 
-echo "[+] Building Docker image for $SELECTED_PLATFORMS: branch=$BRANCH_NAME version=$VERSION tags=${TAG_NAMES[*]}"
+echo "[+] Building Docker image for $SELECTED_PLATFORMS: branch=$BRANCH_NAME version=$VERSION abx_dl_image=$ABX_DL_IMAGE tags=${TAG_NAMES[*]}"
 
 declare -a FULL_TAG_NAMES
 # for each tag in TAG_NAMES, add archivebox/archivebox:tag and its mirrors to FULL_TAG_NAMES
@@ -97,6 +114,7 @@ check_platforms || (recreate_builder && check_platforms) || exit 1
 
 echo "[+] Building archivebox:$VERSION docker image..."
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox"
+docker buildx imagetools inspect "$ABX_DL_IMAGE"
 # docker builder prune
 # docker build . --no-cache -t archivebox-dev \
 # replace --load with --push to deploy
@@ -107,6 +125,8 @@ if [[ "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" == *,* ]]; then
 fi
 docker buildx build \
     --platform "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" \
+    --pull \
+    --build-arg "ABX_DL_IMAGE=$ABX_DL_IMAGE" \
     --cache-from type=local,src="$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox" \
     --cache-to type=local,compression=zstd,mode=min,oci-mediatypes=true,dest="$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox" \
     --load . ${FULL_TAG_NAMES[@]}
diff --git a/bin/release_docker.sh b/bin/release_docker.sh
index ad67aefd..58e74ae7 100755
--- a/bin/release_docker.sh
+++ b/bin/release_docker.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ VERSION="$(grep '^version = ' "${REPO_DIR}/pyproject.toml" | awk -F'"' '{print $
 GIT_SHA=sha-"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 SELECTED_PLATFORMS="${DOCKER_PLATFORMS:-${SELECTED_PLATFORMS:-linux/amd64,linux/arm64}}"
 DOCKER_IMAGE_REPOS="${DOCKER_IMAGE_REPOS:-archivebox/archivebox ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox}"
+ABX_DL_VERSION="$(python3 - <<'PY'
+import re
+import tomllib
+
+with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+    deps = tomllib.load(f)["project"]["dependencies"]
+
+for dep in deps:
+    match = re.match(r"abx-dl\s*(?:==|>=)\s*([^,;\s]+)", dep)
+    if match:
+        print(match.group(1))
+        break
+else:
+    raise SystemExit("Missing abx-dl dependency in pyproject.toml")
+PY
+)"
+ABX_DL_IMAGE="${ABX_DL_IMAGE:-archivebox/abx-dl:${ABX_DL_VERSION}}"
 
 # if not already in TAG_NAMES, add GIT_SHA and BRANCH_NAME  
 if ! echo "${TAG_NAMES[@]}" | grep -q "$GIT_SHA"; then
@@ -31,7 +48,7 @@ if ! echo "${TAG_NAMES[@]}" | grep -q "$VERSION"; then
    TAG_NAMES+=("$VERSION")
 fi
 
-echo "[+] Building + releasing Docker image for $SELECTED_PLATFORMS: branch=$BRANCH_NAME version=$VERSION tags=${TAG_NAMES[*]}"
+echo "[+] Building + releasing Docker image for $SELECTED_PLATFORMS: branch=$BRANCH_NAME version=$VERSION abx_dl_image=$ABX_DL_IMAGE tags=${TAG_NAMES[*]}"
 
 declare -a FULL_TAG_NAMES
 for TAG_NAME in "${TAG_NAMES[@]}"; do
@@ -85,11 +102,14 @@ check_platforms || (recreate_builder && check_platforms) || exit 1
 
 echo "[^] Uploading docker image"
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox"
+docker buildx imagetools inspect "$ABX_DL_IMAGE"
 
 # https://docs.docker.com/build/cache/backends/
 # shellcheck disable=SC2068
 docker buildx build \
    --platform "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" \
+   --pull \
+   --build-arg "ABX_DL_IMAGE=$ABX_DL_IMAGE" \
    --cache-from type=local,src="$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox" \
    --cache-to type=local,compression=zstd,mode=min,oci-mediatypes=true,dest="$HOME/.cache/docker/archivebox" \
    --push . ${FULL_TAG_NAMES[@]}