diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.spec.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.spec.ts
index 77a0bd256117f..67ce8921e18ba 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.spec.ts
@@ -585,3 +585,78 @@ test('getBestManifest returns the expected manifest', () => {
     imageRegistry.getBestManifest([manifests['windows-amd64'], manifests['darwin-amd64']], 'amd64', 'linux'),
   ).toBeUndefined();
 });
+
+test('getManifestFromUrl returns the expected manifest with mediaType', async () => {
+  const fakeManifest = {
+    schemaVersion: 2,
+    mediaType: 'application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json',
+    manifests: [],
+  };
+
+  // image index
+  nock('https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io').get('/v2/foo/bar/manifests/latest').reply(200, fakeManifest);
+
+  // digest
+  nock('https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io')
+    .get('/v2/foo/bar/manifests/1234')
+    .reply(200, JSON.stringify({ endManifest: true }));
+
+  // mock getBestManifest
+  const spyGetBestManifest = vi.spyOn(imageRegistry, 'getBestManifest');
+  spyGetBestManifest.mockReturnValue({
+    digest: 1234,
+  });
+
+  const manifest = await imageRegistry.getManifest(
+    {
+      name: 'foo/bar',
+      tag: 'latest',
+      registry: 'my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io',
+      registryURL: 'https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io/v2',
+    },
+    'dummyToken',
+  );
+
+  expect(manifest).toBeDefined();
+  expect(manifest).toHaveProperty('endManifest', true);
+  expect(spyGetBestManifest).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
+test('getManifestFromUrl returns the expected manifest without mediaType but with manifests', async () => {
+  const fakeManifest = {
+    schemaVersion: 2,
+    manifests: [
+      {
+        dummyManifest: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  // image index
+  nock('https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io').get('/v2/foo/bar/manifests/latest').reply(200, fakeManifest);
+
+  // digest
+  nock('https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io')
+    .get('/v2/foo/bar/manifests/1234')
+    .reply(200, JSON.stringify({ endManifest: true }));
+
+  // mock getBestManifest
+  const spyGetBestManifest = vi.spyOn(imageRegistry, 'getBestManifest');
+  spyGetBestManifest.mockReturnValue({
+    digest: 1234,
+  });
+
+  const manifest = await imageRegistry.getManifest(
+    {
+      name: 'foo/bar',
+      tag: 'latest',
+      registry: 'my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io',
+      registryURL: 'https://my-podman-desktop-fake-registry.io/v2',
+    },
+    'dummyToken',
+  );
+
+  expect(manifest).toBeDefined();
+  expect(manifest).toHaveProperty('endManifest', true);
+  expect(spyGetBestManifest).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.ts
index a7d2a17912aa0..2f46041a65263 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/image-registry.ts
@@ -614,9 +614,13 @@ export class ImageRegistry {
       }
     }
 
-    // check mediaType of the manifest
-    // if it is application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json it is an index
-    if (parsedManifest.mediaType === 'application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json') {
+    // https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/image-index.md
+    // check schemaVersion and (mediaType of the manifest or if it contains manifests field being an array)
+    if (
+      parsedManifest.schemaVersion === 2 &&
+      (parsedManifest.mediaType === 'application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json' ||
+        Array.isArray(parsedManifest.manifests))
+    ) {
       // need to grab correct manifest from the index corresponding to our platform
       let platformArch: 'amd64' | 'arm64' = 'amd64';
       const arch = os.arch();