diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/create-docker-image.yml
index c6b0817ce77..b38cac5d722 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-docker-image.yml
@@ -53,20 +53,15 @@ jobs:
             mv ${RELEASE_TAR_GZ_FILENAME} docker/
           fi
           echo "RELEASE=${RELEASE}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
-      - name: Create Annotations
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          labels: |
-            maintainer=axel.uhl@sap.com
-            manifest:org.opencontainers.image.title=Sailing Analytics
-            manifest:org.opencontainers.image.description=The Sailing Analytics Web Application
       - name: Build & push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           build-args: RELEASE=${{ env.RELEASE }}
           tags: ghcr.io/sap/sailing-analytics:${{ env.RELEASE }}${{ env.BRANCH == 'main' && github.event.inputs.release == '' && ',ghcr.io/sap/sailing-analytics:latest' || env.BRANCH == 'docker-17' && github.event.inputs.release == '' && ',ghcr.io/sap/sailing-analytics:latest-17' || '' }}
-          annotations: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.annotations }}
+          annotations: |
+            maintainer=axel.uhl@sap.com
+            manifest:org.opencontainers.image.title=Sailing Analytics
+            manifest:org.opencontainers.image.description=The Sailing Analytics Web Application
           file: ${{ env.BRANCH == 'docker-17' && 'docker/Dockerfile_sapsailing_on_sapmachine17' || 'docker/Dockerfile' }}
           context: docker/
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64