diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cabd7bf..4bc64bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ECR may omit its optional severity-count map for a clean image. That response is
 
 Enhanced scanning also requires `inspector2:ListFindings` and `inspector2:ListCoverage` in the deployment role, its permissions boundary, and the STS session policy. The generated role policy limits these read-only actions to the deployment region. AWS does not support repository-level resource restrictions for these Inspector list actions, so they can read account-wide scan metadata in that region. No Inspector configuration/write actions or parameter/secret access are granted. Existing roles and boundaries must be updated through the private infrastructure repository before adopting this change. See [AWS enhanced-scanning permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/image-scanning-enhanced-iam.html).
 
-Use a unique CircleCI build number when retrying publication to immutable tags. A failed rollout remains a failure even if ECS rolls back. The script never blindly reverts over another deployment.
+Use a unique CircleCI build number when retrying publication to immutable tags. ECR can return multiple image records when several tags share one digest; publication verification resolves the exact immutable release tag and checks its returned tag, image digest and configuration digest before scanning. A failed rollout remains a failure even if ECS rolls back. The script never blindly reverts over another deployment.
 
 ## Tests
 
diff --git a/tcdeploy.py b/tcdeploy.py
index 9b30098..c26c687 100644
--- a/tcdeploy.py
+++ b/tcdeploy.py
@@ -466,10 +466,15 @@ def publish(self, name, local, tag, deadline):
                                 imageIds=[{'imageTag': tag}]).get('imageDetails', [])
         require(len(details) == 1 and DIGEST.fullmatch(details[0].get('imageDigest', '')), 'ECR did not return a single image digest')
         digest = details[0]['imageDigest']
+        # Digest lookups can return one record per tag when a retry republishes
+        # the same image. Resolve this immutable release tag, then verify its digest.
         remote = self.aws.call('ecr', 'batch-get-image', repositoryName=repository,
-            imageIds=[{'imageDigest': digest}], acceptedMediaTypes=[
+            imageIds=[{'imageTag': tag}], acceptedMediaTypes=[
                 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json', 'application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json'])
         require(not remote.get('failures') and len(remote.get('images', [])) == 1, 'Cannot verify pushed image')
+        image_id = remote['images'][0].get('imageId', {})
+        require(isinstance(image_id, dict) and image_id.get('imageTag') == tag
+                and image_id.get('imageDigest') == digest, 'Pushed image identity differs from the release tag/digest')
         manifest = json.loads(remote['images'][0]['imageManifest'])
         require(manifest.get('config', {}).get('digest') == info['configDigest'], 'Pushed artifact differs from local image (multi-platform indexes are unsupported)')
         # Repositories must scan on push (basic or enhanced). No start_image_scan
diff --git a/tests/test_security.py b/tests/test_security.py
index 3eba194..7c2945d 100644
--- a/tests/test_security.py
+++ b/tests/test_security.py
@@ -694,7 +694,8 @@ def ecr(self, api, op, **params):
         if op == 'describe-images':
             return {'imageDetails': [{'imageDigest': DIGEST}]}
         if op == 'batch-get-image':
-            return {'images': [{'imageManifest': json.dumps({'config': {'digest': self.digest_config}})}]}
+            return {'images': [{'imageId': {'imageTag': RELEASE, 'imageDigest': DIGEST},
+                                'imageManifest': json.dumps({'config': {'digest': self.digest_config}})}]}
         if op == 'describe-image-scan-findings':
             return self.scan
         raise AssertionError(op)
@@ -712,6 +713,38 @@ def test_publish_verifies_digest_and_password_stdin(self):
         self.assertEqual(login.kwargs['input_text'], 'dummy-password')
         self.assertNotIn('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', self.publisher.env)
 
+    def test_retry_with_multiple_tags_verifies_the_exact_release_tag(self):
+        # ECR can return one image record per tag for a digest lookup. A tag lookup
+        # must select only this release even when another tag names the same image.
+        def ecr(api, op, **params):
+            response = self.ecr(api, op, **params)
+            if op == 'batch-get-image':
+                if params['imageIds'] == [{'imageDigest': DIGEST}]:
+                    prior = deepcopy(response['images'][0])
+                    prior['imageId']['imageTag'] = SHA + '-122'
+                    response['images'].append(prior)
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(params['imageIds'], [{'imageTag': RELEASE}])
+            return response
+        with patch.object(self.publisher, 'docker', return_value=json.dumps([self.info])), patch.object(self.aws, 'call', side_effect=ecr):
+            result = self.publisher.publish(self.image_name, 'example:build', RELEASE, float('inf'))
+        self.assertTrue(result.endswith('@' + DIGEST))
+
+    def test_wrong_or_missing_remote_image_identity_is_rejected(self):
+        for identity in ({'imageDigest': DIGEST}, {'imageTag': RELEASE},
+                         {'imageTag': SHA + '-122', 'imageDigest': DIGEST},
+                         {'imageTag': RELEASE, 'imageDigest': 'sha256:' + 'f' * 64},
+                         None, []):
+            with self.subTest(identity=identity):
+                def ecr(api, op, **params):
+                    response = self.ecr(api, op, **params)
+                    if op == 'batch-get-image':
+                        response['images'][0]['imageId'] = identity
+                    return response
+                with patch.object(self.publisher, 'docker', return_value=json.dumps([self.info])), patch.object(self.aws, 'call', side_effect=ecr):
+                    with self.assertRaises(d.DeployError):
+                        self.publisher.publish(self.image_name, 'example:build', RELEASE, float('inf'))
+
     def test_wrong_artifact_digest(self):
         self.digest_config = 'sha256:' + 'f' * 64
         with self.assertRaises(d.DeployError):