diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a17c3a76a4c995be2bf5ef761cf6a02f19687c0..385dd1f68d4eae65f730a39c8368043fafebc6e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [6.4.3] - 2024-12-13
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `release-it` jobs prevented from running in child pipelines.
+
 ## [6.4.2] - 2024-12-11
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 925bb0e0f8566b1420e2a4b666456247fd5cf8bf..b3d678b2ce6f1f38fc3915747bbf6fd54b12b12a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ at the _end_ of the `include` section of your CI configuration. Note that you
 will have to override the `rules:` sections of the various security scanning and
 test jobs appropriately.
 
+## Adding Common Pipelines
+
+Newly added common pipeline components should be mindful that they can be
+triggered in some repositories by the `multi-target-docker-images` pipeline.
+This pipeline is used to create multiple output images from a single repository,
+and to do so creates a child pipeline to run the actual build.
+
+If the common pipeline being added should run once only in the parent pipeline
+it must be explicitly disabled under [the multi target
+definition](auto-devops/multi-target-docker-images.gitlab-ci.yml).
+
 ## Specific documentation
 
 The following documents describe support for specific languages or repository
diff --git a/auto-devops/multi-target-docker-images.gitlab-ci.yml b/auto-devops/multi-target-docker-images.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3584d2304980a56042cf823e5e94b712fd1e1dbe..298d0cdc54976ad6fd4fa91ae686e4a867840bc2 100644
--- a/auto-devops/multi-target-docker-images.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/auto-devops/multi-target-docker-images.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ variables:
   DEPENDENCY_SCANNING_DISABLED: $MULTI_DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_ENABLED
   SAST_DISABLED: $MULTI_DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_ENABLED
   PRE_COMMIT_DISABLED: $MULTI_DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_ENABLED
+  RELEASE_IT_DISABLED: $MULTI_DOCKER_IMAGE_BUILD_ENABLED