diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f16210c6..36bdcda9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -190,3 +190,23 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64
           push: true
           tags: ${{ join(fromJson(steps.demotags.outputs.tags)) }}
+
+      # jupyterhub/singleuser
+      - name: Get list of jupyterhub/singleuser tags
+        id: singleusertags
+        uses: jupyterhub/action-major-minor-tag-calculator@v2
+        with:
+          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          prefix: "${{ env.REGISTRY }}jupyterhub/singleuser:"
+          defaultTag: "${{ env.REGISTRY }}jupyterhub/singleuser:noref"
+          branchRegex: ^\w[\w-.]*$
+
+      - name: Build and push jupyterhub/singleuser
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@e1b7f96249f2e4c8e4ac1519b9608c0d48944a1f # associated tag: v2.4.0
+        with:
+          build-args: |
+            JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.ref_name || format('git:{0}', github.sha) }}
+          context: singleuser
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ join(fromJson(steps.singleusertags.outputs.tags)) }}
diff --git a/singleuser/Dockerfile b/singleuser/Dockerfile
index 8b060684..ef7090ae 100644
--- a/singleuser/Dockerfile
+++ b/singleuser/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ FROM $BASE_IMAGE
 MAINTAINER Project Jupyter <jupyter@googlegroups.com>
 
 ADD install_jupyterhub /tmp/install_jupyterhub
-ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=main
-# install pinned jupyterhub and ensure jupyterlab is installed
-RUN python3 /tmp/install_jupyterhub && \
-    python3 -m pip install jupyterlab
+ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=git:HEAD
+# install pinned jupyterhub
+RUN python3 /tmp/install_jupyterhub
diff --git a/singleuser/hooks/build b/singleuser/hooks/build
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8bb861..00000000
--- a/singleuser/hooks/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -ex
-
-docker build --build-arg JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=$DOCKER_TAG -t $DOCKER_REPO:$DOCKER_TAG .
diff --git a/singleuser/hooks/post_push b/singleuser/hooks/post_push
deleted file mode 100644
index 91db9e4c..00000000
--- a/singleuser/hooks/post_push
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -ex
-
-function get_hub_version() {
-  rm -f hub_version
-  V=$1
-  docker run --rm -v $PWD:/version -u $(id -u) -i $DOCKER_REPO:$DOCKER_TAG sh -c 'jupyterhub --version > /version/hub_version'
-  hub_xyz=$(cat hub_version)
-  split=( ${hub_xyz//./ } )
-  hub_xy="${split[0]}.${split[1]}"
-  # add .dev on hub_xy so it's 1.0.dev
-  if [[ ! -z "${split[3]:-}" ]]; then
-    hub_xy="${hub_xy}.${split[3]}"
-  fi
-}
-# tag e.g. 0.9 with main
-get_hub_version
-docker tag $DOCKER_REPO:$DOCKER_TAG $DOCKER_REPO:$hub_xy
-docker push $DOCKER_REPO:$hub_xy
-docker tag $DOCKER_REPO:$DOCKER_TAG $DOCKER_REPO:$hub_xyz
-docker push $DOCKER_REPO:$hub_xyz
diff --git a/singleuser/install_jupyterhub b/singleuser/install_jupyterhub
index b76c4237..cf20bff2 100644
--- a/singleuser/install_jupyterhub
+++ b/singleuser/install_jupyterhub
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ import os
 from subprocess import check_call
 import sys
 
-V = os.environ['JUPYTERHUB_VERSION']
+version = os.environ['JUPYTERHUB_VERSION']
 
 pip_install = [
-    sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--no-cache', '--upgrade',
-    '--upgrade-strategy', 'only-if-needed',
+    sys.executable,
+    '-m',
+    'pip',
+    'install',
+    '--no-cache',
+    '--upgrade',
+    '--upgrade-strategy',
+    'only-if-needed',
 ]
-if V in {'main', 'HEAD'}:
-    req = 'https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/archive/HEAD.tar.gz'
+if version.startswith("git:"):
+    ref = version.partition(":")[-1]
+    req = f"https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/archive/{ref}.tar.gz"
 else:
-    version_info = [ int(part) for part in V.split('.') ]
-    version_info[-1] += 1
-    upper_bound = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
-    vs = '>=%s,<%s' % (V, upper_bound)
-    req = 'jupyterhub%s' % vs
+    req = f"jupyterhub=={version}"
 
 check_call(pip_install + [req])