diff --git a/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml b/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
index 3d0f58f0bd..3b7d973eab 100644
--- a/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ spec:
         echo "Extracting artifact_type"
         ARTIFACT_TYPE=$(cat "$(pwd)/source/$OCI_COPY_FILE" | yq '.artifact_type')
 
-        REPO=$(echo ${IMAGE} | awk -F ':' '{print $1}')
+        REPO=${IMAGE%:*}
         echo "Found that ${REPO} is the repository for ${IMAGE}"
 
         cat >artifact-manifest.json <<EOL
diff --git a/task/oci-copy/0.1/oci-copy.yaml b/task/oci-copy/0.1/oci-copy.yaml
index 5aa2f2f2e1..84e2e432f6 100644
--- a/task/oci-copy/0.1/oci-copy.yaml
+++ b/task/oci-copy/0.1/oci-copy.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ spec:
         echo "Extracting artifact_type"
         ARTIFACT_TYPE=$(cat "$(pwd)/source/$OCI_COPY_FILE" | yq '.artifact_type')
 
-        REPO=$(echo ${IMAGE} | awk -F ':' '{print $1}')
+        REPO=${IMAGE%:*}
         echo "Found that ${REPO} is the repository for ${IMAGE}"
 
         cat >artifact-manifest.json <<EOL