diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 7f5def3..281d245 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           status: "Started"
           init: true
   build-images:
+    needs: [pre-run]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set image metadata
         id: image-metadata
         run: |
-          echo "image-tag=$(./script/get-tag.sh)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "full-image-name=${{ matrix.image-name }}:$(./script/get-tag.sh)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "image-tag=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "full-image-name=${{ matrix.image-name }}:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Build image
-        run: ./script/build-image.sh ${{ matrix.image-name }} ${{ steps.image-metadata.outputs.image-tag }}
+        run: python ./build_image.py ${{ steps.image-metadata.full-image-name }} ./images/${{ matrix.image-name }}/Dockerfile
       - name: Tag image as latest
         run: podman tag ${{ steps.image-metadata.outputs.full-image-name }} ${{ matrix.image-name }}:latest
       - name: List images
diff --git a/build_image.py b/build_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb5b434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+"""
+Builds a container image with the provided image name and tag.
+
+Usage:
+    python build_image.py <image-name> <tag> [<image-path>]
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import pathlib
+import logging
+import typing
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("build-image")
+
+def get_tag(is_ci: bool) -> str:
+    """
+    Gets an image tag composed of the short sha of the current commit
+    and, depending on the is_ci flag, a "-dev" suffix.
+    """
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        "git rev-parse --short HEAD", shell=True, capture_output=True, check=True
+    )
+
+    sha = re.sub(r"\n", "", str(result.stdout.decode('utf-8')))
+
+    if not is_ci:
+        return f"{sha}-dev"
+
+    return sha
+
+
+def build_image(image_name: str, tag: str, image_path: typing.Optional[pathlib.Path]):
+    """
+    Calls Podman to build the container image defined at image_path, which defaults to
+    the current directory.
+
+    The built image is named and tagged using image_name and tag.
+    """
+
+    if image_path is None:
+        image_path = pathlib.Path("./Dockerfile")
+
+    cwd = image_path.parent
+    image_path = image_path.relative_to(cwd)
+
+    subprocess.run(
+        f"podman build -t {image_name}:{tag} -f {str(image_path)}",
+        shell=True,
+        check=True,
+        cwd=cwd,
+    )
+
+
+def run(args: list[str]):
+    """
+    CLI entrypoint.
+    """
+
+    if len(args) < 1:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "There should be at least one argument. "
+            "Correct usage: python build_image.py <image-name:tag> [image-path]"
+        )
+
+    if len(args) > 2:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Unrecognized arguments. "
+            "Correct usage:  python build_image.py <image-name:tag> [image-path]"
+        )
+
+    tagged_image_name = args[0]
+    image_name_parts = tagged_image_name.split(":")
+
+    name = image_name_parts[0]
+    tag = (
+        image_name_parts[1]
+        if len(image_name_parts) == 2
+        else get_tag(bool(os.environ.get("CI", False)))
+    )
+
+    image_path = args[1] if len(args) == 2 else None
+
+    build_image(name, tag, pathlib.Path(image_path))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        run(sys.argv[1:])
+    except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+        logger.error(e)
diff --git a/script/build-image.sh b/script/build-image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e8c3f72..0000000
--- a/script/build-image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-image_name=$1
-image_tag=$2
-
-if [[ -z $image_name ]]; then
-    echo "An image name must be provided."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -z $image_tag ]]; then
-    echo "An image tag must be provided."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-(
-    cd "images/$image_name"
-    podman build -t "$image_name:$image_tag" -f ./Dockerfile
-) || exit 1
diff --git a/script/get-tag.sh b/script/get-tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a949293..0000000
--- a/script/get-tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-has_changes=$(git status --short)
-head_sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-
-tag=$head_sha
-
-if [[ -n $has_changes ]]; then
-    tag="$tag-dev"
-fi
-
-echo "$tag"