diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index f4bbe29713..e43f8212ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
   test:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml
 
+  test-interchain:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test-interchain.yml
+
   goreleaser:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
     permissions: write-all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-interchain.yml b/.github/workflows/test-interchain.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08233d86ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-interchain.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: test-interchain
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_IMAGE: celestiaorg/celestia-app
+  ARTIFACT_NAME: celestia-app-docker-image
+  ARTIFACT_PATH: celestia-app-docker-image.tar
+
+jobs:
+  build-docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Build celestia-app Docker image
+        run: make build-docker
+
+      - name: Save Docker image as artifact
+        run: docker image save -o ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }} ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE }}
+
+      - name: Publish Docker image as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
+
+
+  test-interchain:
+    needs: build-docker
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+
+      - name: Download artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+
+      - name: Load Docker image
+        run: docker image load -i ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
+
+      - name: Print Docker images
+        run: docker images
+
+      - name: Run interchain tests
+        run: make test-interchain
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 620496628a..e6c07cb244 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ test-fuzz:
 
 ## test-interchain: Run interchain tests in verbose mode. Requires Docker.
 test-interchain:
+	@echo "Reminder: this test uses the latest celestia-app Docker image. If you would like to test recent code changes, re-build the Docker image by running: make build-docker"
 	@echo "--> Running interchain tests"
 	@cd ./test/interchain && go test . -v
 .PHONY: test-interchain
diff --git a/test/interchain/chainspec/celestia.go b/test/interchain/chainspec/celestia.go
index 8f9df28b60..bb7dda4945 100644
--- a/test/interchain/chainspec/celestia.go
+++ b/test/interchain/chainspec/celestia.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	celestiaDockerRepository = "ghcr.io/celestiaorg/celestia-app"
-	celestiaDockerTag        = "pr-3182"
+	celestiaDockerRepository = "celestiaorg/celestia-app"
+	celestiaDockerTag        = "latest"
 	celestiaUidGid           = "10001:10001"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/interchain/chainspec/cosmosHub.go b/test/interchain/chainspec/cosmosHub.go
index 086efb8862..3d44f5facf 100644
--- a/test/interchain/chainspec/cosmosHub.go
+++ b/test/interchain/chainspec/cosmosHub.go
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// TODO: As of this writing, gaia has no official releases with the ICA
-	// controller enabled. However, they do have it enabled on `main` so the
-	// Docker image below is a custom build from `main`. Replace this with an
-	// official release when available (likely >= 16.0.0).
-	cosmosDockerRepository = "docker.io/rootulp/gaia"
-	cosmosDockerVersion    = "ica-controller"
+	cosmosDockerRepository = "ghcr.io/strangelove-ventures/heighliner/gaia"
+	cosmosDockerVersion    = "v17.2.0"
 	cosmosUidGid           = "1025:1025"
 )