diff --git a/pkg/dockerfile/extract.go b/pkg/dockerfile/extract.go
index d90fd229c65..b71cea811ec 100644
--- a/pkg/dockerfile/extract.go
+++ b/pkg/dockerfile/extract.go
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import (
 // RegistryRegex matches registry references to registry.ci.openshift.org or quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org
 var RegistryRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(registry\.(?:svc\.)?ci\.openshift\.org|quay-proxy\.ci\.openshift\.org)/[^\s\\]+`)
 
+// dockerfileLineContinuation matches Dockerfile backslash line continuations.
+var dockerfileLineContinuation = regexp.MustCompile(`\\\r?\n[ \t]*`)
+
 // OrgRepoTag represents a parsed image reference
 type OrgRepoTag struct {
 	Org, Repo, Tag string
@@ -23,37 +26,44 @@ func (ort OrgRepoTag) String() string {
 	return ort.Org + "_" + ort.Repo + "_" + ort.Tag
 }
 
-// ExtractRegistryReferences finds all registry.ci.openshift.org and quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org references in the Dockerfile
+// ExtractRegistryReferences finds registry.ci.openshift.org and quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org references in
+// Dockerfile FROM, COPY --from=, and RUN instructions (e.g. podman pull).
 func ExtractRegistryReferences(dockerfile []byte, from api.PipelineImageStreamTagReference) []string {
+	dockerfile = dockerfileLineContinuation.ReplaceAll(dockerfile, []byte(" "))
+
 	var refs []string
 	seen := sets.Set[string]{}
-	lastFromRef := ""
+	var lastFromLineRegistryRef string
 
 	for _, line := range bytes.Split(dockerfile, []byte("\n")) {
 		upper := bytes.ToUpper(line)
-		if !bytes.Contains(upper, []byte("FROM")) && !bytes.Contains(upper, []byte("COPY")) {
+		if !bytes.Contains(upper, []byte("FROM")) && !bytes.Contains(upper, []byte("COPY")) && !bytes.Contains(upper, []byte("RUN")) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if bytes.HasPrefix(upper, []byte("FROM")) {
+			lastFromLineRegistryRef = ""
+			if match := RegistryRegex.Find(line); match != nil {
+				lastFromLineRegistryRef = string(match)
+			}
+		}
+
 		match := RegistryRegex.Find(line)
 		if match == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		ref := string(match)
-		if bytes.HasPrefix(upper, []byte("FROM")) {
-			lastFromRef = ref
-		}
 
 		if !seen.Has(ref) {
 			refs = append(refs, ref)
 			seen.Insert(ref)
 		}
 	}
-	if from != "" {
-		// If from is specified, remove the last detected FROM ref, it will be replaced
+	if from != "" && lastFromLineRegistryRef != "" {
+		// images[].from replaces the final Dockerfile stage; exclude only that stage's registry.ci reference
 		var newRefs []string
 		for _, ref := range refs {
-			if ref != lastFromRef {
+			if ref != lastFromLineRegistryRef {
 				newRefs = append(newRefs, ref)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/dockerfile/inputs_test.go b/pkg/dockerfile/inputs_test.go
index 9110fbde9ff..2e2c35fdccc 100644
--- a/pkg/dockerfile/inputs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dockerfile/inputs_test.go
@@ -165,6 +165,50 @@ RUN echo "hello"
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "RUN podman pull registry.ci reference",
+			dockerfile: `FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest
+RUN podman pull registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.19:tools && cp bin/tool /usr/bin/tool
+`,
+			expected: map[string]api.ImageStreamTagReference{
+				"ocp_4.19_tools": {
+					Namespace: "ocp",
+					Name:      "4.19",
+					Tag:       "tools",
+					As:        "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.19:tools",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "RUN podman pull with line continuation",
+			dockerfile: `FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest
+RUN podman pull \
+    registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.19:tools && cp bin/tool /usr/bin/tool
+`,
+			expected: map[string]api.ImageStreamTagReference{
+				"ocp_4.19_tools": {
+					Namespace: "ocp",
+					Name:      "4.19",
+					Tag:       "tools",
+					As:        "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.19:tools",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "from: ubi with external final stage keeps builder registry.ci FROM",
+			dockerfile: `FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.22-openshift-4.18 AS builder
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest
+`,
+			from: "ubi",
+			expected: map[string]api.ImageStreamTagReference{
+				"ocp_builder_rhel-9-golang-1.22-openshift-4.18": {
+					Namespace: "ocp",
+					Name:      "builder",
+					Tag:       "rhel-9-golang-1.22-openshift-4.18",
+					As:        "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.22-openshift-4.18",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "from: is specified - should exclude the last detected FROM ref with COPY",
 			dockerfile: `FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.18:base AS builder