diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8f1f080..c6e8249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -444,11 +444,15 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tags }}
           # For a list of pre-defined annotation keys and value types see:
           # https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/annotations.md
-      - name: Publish README.md to Docker Hub
-        env:
-          DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-          DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        run: ./push_readme.sh
+      - if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'develop' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        name: Update the Docker Hub description
+        uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@v4
+        with:
+          description: README.md
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+          repository: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          short-description: ${{ github.event.repository.description }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
       - name: Setup tmate debug session
         uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
         if: env.RUN_TMATE
diff --git a/push_readme.sh b/push_readme.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 29b12aa..0000000
--- a/push_readme.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Push the README.md file to the Docker Hub repository
-
-# Requires the following environment variables to be set:
-# DOCKER_PASSWORD, DOCKER_USERNAME, IMAGE_NAME
-
-set -o nounset
-set -o errexit
-set -o pipefail
-
-echo "Logging in and requesting JWT..."
-token=$(curl --silent --request POST \
-  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-  --data \
-  '{"username": "'"$DOCKER_USERNAME"'", "password": "'"$DOCKER_PASSWORD"'"}' \
-  https://hub.docker.com/v2/users/login/ | jq --raw-output .token)
-
-echo "Pushing README file..."
-code=$(jq --null-input --arg msg "$(< README.md)" \
-  '{"registry":"registry-1.docker.io","full_description": $msg }' \
-  | curl --silent --output /dev/null --location --write-out "%{http_code}" \
-    https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/"${IMAGE_NAME}"/ \
-    --data @- --request PATCH \
-    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    --header "Authorization: JWT ${token}")
-
-if [[ "${code}" = "200" ]]; then
-  printf "Successfully pushed README to Docker Hub"
-else
-  printf "Unable to push README to Docker Hub, response code: %s\n" "${code}"
-  exit 1
-fi