diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image.sh.template b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image.sh.template
index f652b43ca8..0dd068c646 100755
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image.sh.template
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image.sh.template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Convert the release image pull spec to an "absolute" form if a digest is available
 # Multi Release Payloads have 2 RepoDigests, we need the one that matches the Digest.
-if ! RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=$( podman inspect {{.ReleaseImage}}  --format json | jq -r '.[].Digest as $digest | .[].RepoDigests[] | select(contains($digest))' ) || [[ -z "${RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}" ]]; then
+if ! RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=$( podman inspect {{.ReleaseImage}}  --format json | jq -r 'first(.[].Digest as $digest | .[].RepoDigests[] | select(contains($digest)))' ) || [[ -z "${RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}" ]]; then
 	echo "Warning: Could not resolve release image to pull by digest" 2>&1
 	RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST="{{.ReleaseImage}}"
 fi