diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
index 3265b43719529..1f8ad627f53c0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class TarballImageAsset extends Construct implements IAsset {
       executable: [
         'sh',
         '-c',
-        `docker load -i ${relativePathInOutDir} | tail -n 1 | sed "s/Loaded image: //g"`,
+        `docker load -i ${relativePathInOutDir} | tail -n 1 | sed 's/Loaded image[^:]*: //g'`,
       ],
     });