diff --git a/integration-tests/push-to-external-registry-idempotent/test.sh b/integration-tests/push-to-external-registry-idempotent/test.sh
index 3c1a3376e5..efa69d0e1c 100755
--- a/integration-tests/push-to-external-registry-idempotent/test.sh
+++ b/integration-tests/push-to-external-registry-idempotent/test.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ verify_single_release() {
     local image_url image_arch image_shasum
 
     image_url=$(jq -r '.status.artifacts.images[0]?.urls[0] // ""' <<< "${release_json}")
-    image_arch=$(jq -r '.status.artifacts.images[0]?.arches[0] // ""' <<< "${release_json}")
     image_shasum=$(jq -r '.status.artifacts.images[0]?.shasum // ""' <<< "${release_json}")
 
     echo "Checking Image URL..."
@@ -48,12 +47,24 @@ verify_single_release() {
         failures=$((failures+1))
     fi
 
-    echo "Checking Image Arch..."
-    if [ -n "${image_arch}" ]; then
-        echo "✅️ image_arch: ${image_arch}"
+    if [ -n "${PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES:-}" ]; then
+        local image_arches
+        image_arches=$(jq -r '.status.artifacts.images[0]?.arches // [] | sort | join(" ")' <<< "${release_json}")
+        if [ "${image_arches}" = "${PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES}" ]; then
+          echo "✅️ Found required image arches: $PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES"
+      else
+          echo "🔴 Expected image arches: '$PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES', found: ${image_arches}"
+          failures=$((failures+1))
+      fi
     else
-        echo "🔴 image_arch was empty"
-        failures=$((failures+1))
+      image_arch=$(jq -r '.status.artifacts.images[0]?.arches[0] // ""' <<< "${release_json}")
+      echo "Checking Image Arch..."
+      if [ -n "${image_arch}" ]; then
+          echo "✅️ image_arch: ${image_arch}"
+      else
+          echo "🔴 image_arch was empty"
+          failures=$((failures+1))
+      fi
     fi
 
     echo "Checking Image Shasum..."
diff --git a/integration-tests/run-test.sh b/integration-tests/run-test.sh
index 179be3b12a..d6c5da611f 100755
--- a/integration-tests/run-test.sh
+++ b/integration-tests/run-test.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ if [[ -n "${PTSV_BUILD_PIPELINE}" ]]; then
     )
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES" ]; then
+    PTSV_EXPECTED_ARCHES=""
+fi
+
 # --- Main Script Execution ---
 
 # Trap EXIT signal to call cleanup function