diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
index 3d8a2c526..bff7da0b5 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, sp *patch
 	// Mark observations about the revision on the object
 	defer func() {
 		if !obj.GetArtifact().HasRevision(revision) {
-			message := fmt.Sprintf("new revision '%s' for '%s'", revision, ref)
+			message := fmt.Sprintf("new revision '%s' for '%s'", revision, obj.Spec.URL)
 			if obj.GetArtifact() != nil {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.ArtifactOutdatedCondition, "NewRevision", message)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index 86f034432..91c3fa748 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -1575,12 +1575,13 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignature_keyless(t *testi
 					Reference: tt.reference,
 				},
 			}
-			url := strings.TrimPrefix(obj.Spec.URL, "oci://") + ":" + tt.reference.Tag
+
+			url := strings.TrimPrefix(obj.Spec.URL, "oci://")
 
 			assertConditions := tt.assertConditions
 			for k := range assertConditions {
 				assertConditions[k].Message = strings.ReplaceAll(assertConditions[k].Message, "<revision>", tt.revision)
-				assertConditions[k].Message = strings.ReplaceAll(assertConditions[k].Message, "<url>", url)
+				assertConditions[k].Message = strings.ReplaceAll(assertConditions[k].Message, "<url>", obj.Spec.URL)
 				assertConditions[k].Message = strings.ReplaceAll(assertConditions[k].Message, "<provider>", "cosign")
 			}