diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
index 3f18ede..d43fdf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -33,24 +33,29 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@f054a8b539a109f9f41c372932f1ae047eff08c9
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@98669ae865ea3cffbcbaa878cf57c20bbf1c6c38
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
       - name: prune
         run: docker system prune -af
 
       - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@ad44023a93711e3deb337508980b4b5e9bcdc5dc
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
         with:
           context: .
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e232ba8..a5598b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUN wget http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/fastqc_v0.11.5
     chmod 755 /opt/FastQC/fastqc && \
     rm -rf /tmp/fastqc_*
 
-RUN mamba install -c conda-forge bash_kernel
+RUN mamba install -c conda-forge bash_kernel nb_conda_kernels
 
 # create scanpy_2021 conda environment with required python packages
 COPY scanpy_2021.yaml /tmp