diff --git a/ci/functions.sh b/ci/functions.sh
index d8abf6cb37..ea75b12908 100755
--- a/ci/functions.sh
+++ b/ci/functions.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function wait_for_image() {
 
     local count=0
     local max=60  # Try for up to 30 minutes
-    until podman image search --limit 500 --list-tags "${IMAGE}" | grep -q "${IMAGE_TAG}"; do
+    until [[ $(curl -k -XGET "https://quay.io/api/v1/repository/redhat-user-workloads/cost-mgmt-dev-tenant/koku/tag?specificTag=${IMAGE_TAG}" -Ls | jq '.tags | length') -gt 0  ]]; do
         echo "${count}: Checking for image ${IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}..."
         sleep 30
         ((count+=1))