diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecrpublic/ecrpublic.go b/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecrpublic/ecrpublic.go
index c314d383df0f..d27288973dab 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecrpublic/ecrpublic.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecrpublic/ecrpublic.go
@@ -83,6 +83,65 @@ func GetAuthConfig(ecrPublicClient *ecrpublic.ECRPublic) (*docker.AuthConfigurat
 	return authConfig, nil
 }
 
+func GetAllImagesCount(imageRepository string, ecrPublicClient *ecrpublic.ECRPublic) (int, error) {
+	allImages := []*ecrpublic.ImageDetail{}
+
+	describeImagesOutput, err := ecrPublicClient.DescribeImages(
+		&ecrpublic.DescribeImagesInput{
+			RepositoryName: aws.String(imageRepository),
+			MaxResults:     aws.Int64(1000),
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Cause(err)
+	}
+	allImages = append(allImages, describeImagesOutput.ImageDetails...)
+	nextToken := describeImagesOutput.NextToken
+
+	for nextToken != nil {
+		describeImagesOutput, err = ecrPublicClient.DescribeImages(
+			&ecrpublic.DescribeImagesInput{
+				RepositoryName: aws.String(imageRepository),
+				MaxResults:     aws.Int64(1000),
+				NextToken:      nextToken,
+			},
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Cause(err)
+		}
+		allImages = append(allImages, describeImagesOutput.ImageDetails...)
+		nextToken = describeImagesOutput.NextToken
+	}
+
+	return len(allImages), nil
+}
+
+func GetTagsCountForImage(imageRepository, imageDigest string, ecrPublicClient *ecrpublic.ECRPublic) (int, error) {
+	describeImagesOutput, err := ecrPublicClient.DescribeImages(
+		&ecrpublic.DescribeImagesInput{
+			RepositoryName: aws.String(imageRepository),
+			ImageIds: []*ecrpublic.ImageIdentifier{
+				{
+					ImageDigest: aws.String(imageDigest),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), ecrpublic.ErrCodeImageNotFoundException) {
+			return 0, nil
+		} else {
+			return 0, errors.Cause(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(describeImagesOutput.ImageDetails) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	return len(describeImagesOutput.ImageDetails[0].ImageTags), nil
+}
+
 func CheckImageExistence(imageUri, imageContainerRegistry string, ecrPublicClient *ecrpublic.ECRPublic) (bool, error) {
 	repository, tag := artifactutils.SplitImageUri(imageUri, imageContainerRegistry)
 	_, err := ecrPublicClient.DescribeImages(
diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/constants/constants.go b/release/cli/pkg/constants/constants.go
index 431e6329c531..194068793f4c 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/constants/constants.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/constants/constants.go
@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@ const (
 	//
 	// (January 2, 15:04:05, 2006, in time zone seven hours west of GMT).
 	YYYYMMDD = "2006-01-02"
+
+	MAX_IMAGES_PER_REPOSITORY = 10000
+	MAX_TAGS_PER_IMAGE        = 1000
 )
diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/images/images.go b/release/cli/pkg/images/images.go
index 3ac572b13de4..c73cc152a258 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/images/images.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/images/images.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	ecrsdk "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecr"
 	ecrpublicsdk "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecrpublic"
 	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecr"
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/aws/ecrpublic"
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/aws/s3"
+	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/filereader"
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/retrier"
 	releasetypes "github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli/pkg/types"
@@ -385,3 +387,32 @@ func ComputeImageDigestFromManifest(ecrPublicClient *ecrpublicsdk.ECRPublic, reg
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", digest), nil
 }
+
+func CheckRepositoryImagesAndTagsCountLimit(sourceImageUri, releaseImageUri, sourceContainerRegistry, releaseContainerRegistry string, ecrClient *ecrsdk.ECR, ecrPublicClient *ecrpublicsdk.ECRPublic) error {
+	repository, _ := artifactutils.SplitImageUri(releaseImageUri, releaseContainerRegistry)
+
+	fmt.Printf("Checking if image %s can be pushed to repository %s\n", releaseImageUri, repository)
+
+	sourceImageDigest, err := ecr.GetImageDigest(sourceImageUri, sourceContainerRegistry, ecrClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Cause(err)
+	}
+
+	allImagesCount, err := ecrpublic.GetAllImagesCount(repository, ecrPublicClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Cause(err)
+	}
+	if allImagesCount >= constants.MAX_IMAGES_PER_REPOSITORY {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot push image [%s] since the repository %s already has the maximum allowed number of images which is '%d'", releaseImageUri, repository, constants.MAX_IMAGES_PER_REPOSITORY)
+	}
+
+	tagsForImageCount, err := ecrpublic.GetTagsCountForImage(repository, sourceImageDigest, ecrPublicClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Cause(err)
+	}
+	if tagsForImageCount >= constants.MAX_TAGS_PER_IMAGE {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot push image [%s] since the image with digest [%s] in repository %s already has the maximum allowed number of tags per image which is '%d'", releaseImageUri, sourceImageDigest, repository, constants.MAX_TAGS_PER_IMAGE)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/operations/upload.go b/release/cli/pkg/operations/upload.go
index 36bc7f23cdfb..caa48040488c 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/operations/upload.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/operations/upload.go
@@ -162,12 +162,24 @@ func handleImageUpload(_ context.Context, r *releasetypes.ReleaseConfig, package
 		sourceImageUri := artifact.Image.SourceImageURI
 		releaseImageUri := artifact.Image.ReleaseImageURI
 		sourceEcrAuthConfig := defaultSourceEcrAuthConfig
+		sourceContainerRegistry := r.SourceContainerRegistry
+		sourceEcrClient := r.SourceClients.ECR.EcrClient
 		if packagesutils.NeedsPackagesAccountArtifacts(r) && (strings.Contains(sourceImageUri, "eks-anywhere-packages") || strings.Contains(sourceImageUri, "ecr-token-refresher") || strings.Contains(sourceImageUri, "credential-provider-package")) {
 			sourceEcrAuthConfig = packagesSourceEcrAuthConfig
+			sourceContainerRegistry = r.PackagesSourceContainerRegistry
+			sourceEcrClient = r.SourceClients.Packages.EcrClient
 		}
+		releaseContainerRegistry := r.ReleaseContainerRegistry
+		releaseEcrPublicClient := r.ReleaseClients.ECRPublic.Client
 		fmt.Printf("Source Image - %s\n", sourceImageUri)
 		fmt.Printf("Destination Image - %s\n", releaseImageUri)
-		err := images.CopyToDestination(sourceEcrAuthConfig, releaseEcrAuthConfig, sourceImageUri, releaseImageUri)
+
+		err := images.CheckRepositoryImagesAndTagsCountLimit(sourceImageUri, releaseImageUri, sourceContainerRegistry, releaseContainerRegistry, sourceEcrClient, releaseEcrPublicClient)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("checking pushability of image [%s] based on destination repository images or tags limits: %v", releaseImageUri, err)
+		}
+
+		err = images.CopyToDestination(sourceEcrAuthConfig, releaseEcrAuthConfig, sourceImageUri, releaseImageUri)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("copying image from source [%s] to destination [%s]: %v", sourceImageUri, releaseImageUri, err)
 		}