diff --git a/internal/dagger/binaries/binaries.go b/internal/dagger/binaries/binaries.go
index 92f96a08..a3a11b5a 100644
--- a/internal/dagger/binaries/binaries.go
+++ b/internal/dagger/binaries/binaries.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Ghx returns a dagger file for the ghx binary. It'll return an error if the binary is not available.
+// DEPRECATED: will be removed in the with followup commits
 func Ghx(ctx context.Context, client *dagger.Client, version string) (*dagger.File, error) {
 	var file *dagger.File
 
diff --git a/internal/dagger/tools/ghx.go b/internal/dagger/tools/ghx.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21d604d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dagger/tools/ghx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package tools
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"dagger.io/dagger"
+
+	"github.com/aweris/gale/internal/version"
+)
+
+// Ghx returns a dagger file for the ghx binary. It'll return an error if the binary is not available.
+func Ghx(ctx context.Context, client *dagger.Client) (*dagger.File, error) {
+	v := version.GetVersion()
+
+	tag := v.GitVersion
+
+	// If the tag is a dev tag, we'll use the main branch.
+	if tag == "v0.0.0-dev" {
+		tag = "main"
+	}
+
+	file := client.Container().From("ghcr.io/aweris/gale/tools/ghx:" + tag).File("/ghx")
+
+	// check, if the file doesn't exist or is empty
+	if size, err := file.Size(ctx); size == 0 || err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ghx@%s binary not available", tag)
+	}
+
+	return file, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/mage/go.mod b/internal/mage/go.mod
index bc562927..703a56e7 100644
--- a/internal/mage/go.mod
+++ b/internal/mage/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 // indirect
-	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/mage/go.sum b/internal/mage/go.sum
index 39781a29..5fbd9846 100644
--- a/internal/mage/go.sum
+++ b/internal/mage/go.sum
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
-github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.3 h1:goUwv4+blhtwR3GwefadPVI4ubYc/WZSypljWMQa6IE=
-github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.3/go.mod h1:z8xXUff237NntSuH8mLFijZ+1tjV1swDbpDqjJmk6ME=
+github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.6 h1:Ou14T0N1s191eRMZ1gARVqohcbe1e8FrcONScsq8cRU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.11.0 h1:bUO06HqtnRcc/7l71XBe4WcqTZ+3AH1J59zWDDwLKgU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.11.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
diff --git a/internal/mage/magefile.go b/internal/mage/magefile.go
index 47c1b34d..4ced4feb 100644
--- a/internal/mage/magefile.go
+++ b/internal/mage/magefile.go
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	//mage:import services
 	_ "github.com/aweris/gale/internal/mage/services"
+
+	//mage:import tools
+	_ "github.com/aweris/gale/internal/mage/tools"
 )
diff --git a/internal/mage/tools/ghx.go b/internal/mage/tools/ghx.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13b00f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/mage/tools/ghx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package tools
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"dagger.io/dagger"
+
+	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
+
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
+
+	"github.com/aweris/gale/internal/dagger/images"
+)
+
+type Ghx mg.Namespace
+
+// Publish publishes the artifact service to ghcr.io/aweris/gale/services/artifact with the given version.
+func (_ Ghx) Publish(ctx context.Context, version string) error {
+	if version != "main" {
+		if ok := semver.IsValid(version); !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid semver tag: %s", version)
+		}
+	}
+
+	image := fmt.Sprintf("ghcr.io/aweris/gale/tools/ghx:%s", version)
+
+	client, err := dagger.Connect(ctx, dagger.WithLogOutput(os.Stdout))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	file := images.GoBase(client).
+		WithMountedDirectory("/src", client.Host().Directory(".")).
+		WithWorkdir("/src/tools/ghx").
+		WithEnvVariable("CGO_ENABLED", "0").
+		WithExec([]string{"go", "build", "-o", "/src/out/ghx", "."}).
+		File("/src/out/ghx")
+
+	addr, err := client.Container().
+		From("gcr.io/distroless/static").
+		WithFile("/ghx", file).
+		WithEntrypoint([]string{"/ghx"}).
+		Publish(ctx, image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Artifact service published to %s\n", addr)
+
+	return nil
+}