diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index befc96b17..7a9004ee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -414,28 +414,18 @@ jobs:
                 password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
             - name: Install cosign
-              # cosign is used to sign and verify container images (key and keyless)
+              # cosign is used to sign container images using keyless (OIDC) signing
               uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@cad07c2e89fa2edd6e2d7bab4c1aa38e53f76003 # v4.1.1
 
-            - name: Dual-sign and verify (GHCR & Docker Hub)
-              # Sign each image by digest using keyless (OIDC) and key-based signing,
-              # then verify both the public key signature and the keyless OIDC signature.
+            - name: Sign (GHCR, keyless)
+              # Sign each GHCR image by digest using keyless (OIDC) signing via Sigstore/Rekor.
+              # Signatures are stored in the registry alongside the image.
               env:
                   TAG: ${{ env.TAG }}
-                  COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-                  COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
-                  COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY }}
                   COSIGN_YES: "true"
               run: |
                   set -euo pipefail
 
-                  issuer="https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com"
-                  id_regex="^https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/.+"  # accept this repo (all workflows/refs)
-
-                  # Track failures
-                  FAILED_TAGS=()
-                  SUCCESSFUL_TAGS=()
-
                   # Determine if this is an RC release
                   IS_RC="false"
                   if [[ "$TAG" == *"-rc."* ]]; then
@@ -463,95 +453,47 @@ jobs:
                       )
                   fi
 
-                  # Sign each image variant for both registries
-                  for BASE_IMAGE in "${GHCR_IMAGE}" "${DOCKERHUB_IMAGE}"; do
-                    for IMAGE_TAG in "${IMAGE_TAGS[@]}"; do
-                      echo "Processing ${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-                      TAG_FAILED=false
+                  FAILED_TAGS=()
+                  SUCCESSFUL_TAGS=()
 
-                      # Wrap the entire tag processing in error handling
-                      (
-                        set -e
-                        DIGEST="$(skopeo inspect --retry-times 3 docker://${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} | jq -r '.Digest')"
-                        REF="${BASE_IMAGE}@${DIGEST}"
-                        echo "Resolved digest: ${REF}"
+                  for IMAGE_TAG in "${IMAGE_TAGS[@]}"; do
+                    echo "Processing ${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+                    TAG_FAILED=false
 
-                        echo "==> cosign sign (keyless) --recursive ${REF}"
-                        cosign sign --recursive "${REF}"
+                    (
+                      set -e
+                      DIGEST="$(skopeo inspect --retry-times 3 docker://${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG} | jq -r '.Digest')"
+                      REF="${GHCR_IMAGE}@${DIGEST}"
+                      echo "Resolved digest: ${REF}"
 
-                        echo "==> cosign sign (key) --recursive ${REF}"
-                        cosign sign --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY --recursive "${REF}"
+                      echo "==> cosign sign (keyless) --recursive ${REF}"
+                      cosign sign --recursive "${REF}"
+                    ) || TAG_FAILED=true
 
-                        # Retry wrapper for verification to handle registry propagation delays
-                        retry_verify() {
-                          local cmd="$1"
-                          local attempts=6
-                          local delay=5
-                          local i=1
-                          until eval "$cmd"; do
-                            if [ $i -ge $attempts ]; then
-                              echo "Verification failed after $attempts attempts"
-                              return 1
-                            fi
-                            echo "Verification not yet available. Retry $i/$attempts after ${delay}s..."
-                            sleep $delay
-                            i=$((i+1))
-                            delay=$((delay*2))
-                            # Cap the delay to avoid very long waits
-                            if [ $delay -gt 60 ]; then delay=60; fi
-                          done
-                          return 0
-                        }
-
-                        echo "==> cosign verify (public key) ${REF}"
-                        if retry_verify "cosign verify --key env://COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY '${REF}' -o text"; then
-                          VERIFIED_INDEX=true
-                        else
-                          VERIFIED_INDEX=false
-                        fi
-
-                        echo "==> cosign verify (keyless policy) ${REF}"
-                        if retry_verify "cosign verify --certificate-oidc-issuer '${issuer}' --certificate-identity-regexp '${id_regex}' '${REF}' -o text"; then
-                          VERIFIED_INDEX_KEYLESS=true
-                        else
-                          VERIFIED_INDEX_KEYLESS=false
-                        fi
-
-                        # Check if verification succeeded
-                        if [ "${VERIFIED_INDEX}" != "true" ] && [ "${VERIFIED_INDEX_KEYLESS}" != "true" ]; then
-                          echo "⚠️  WARNING: Verification not available for ${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-                          echo "This may be due to registry propagation delays. Continuing anyway."
-                        fi
-                      ) || TAG_FAILED=true
-
-                      if [ "$TAG_FAILED" = "true" ]; then
-                        echo "⚠️  WARNING: Failed to sign/verify ${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-                        FAILED_TAGS+=("${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}")
-                      else
-                        echo "✓ Successfully signed and verified ${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-                        SUCCESSFUL_TAGS+=("${BASE_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}")
-                      fi
-                    done
+                    if [ "$TAG_FAILED" = "true" ]; then
+                      echo "⚠️  WARNING: Failed to sign ${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+                      FAILED_TAGS+=("${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}")
+                    else
+                      echo "✓ Successfully signed ${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+                      SUCCESSFUL_TAGS+=("${GHCR_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}")
+                    fi
                   done
 
-                  # Report summary
                   echo ""
                   echo "=========================================="
-                  echo "Sign and Verify Summary"
+                  echo "Sign Summary"
                   echo "=========================================="
                   echo "Successful: ${#SUCCESSFUL_TAGS[@]}"
                   echo "Failed: ${#FAILED_TAGS[@]}"
-                  echo ""
 
                   if [ ${#FAILED_TAGS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
                     echo "Failed tags:"
                     for tag in "${FAILED_TAGS[@]}"; do
                       echo "  - $tag"
                     done
-                    echo ""
-                    echo "⚠️  WARNING: Some tags failed to sign/verify, but continuing anyway"
+                    echo "⚠️  WARNING: Some tags failed to sign, but continuing anyway"
                   else
-                    echo "✓ All images signed and verified successfully!"
+                    echo "✓ All images signed successfully!"
                   fi
               shell: bash