diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
index ffebf3c7e4164..f86df8e8e501d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const enableNoThrowDefaultErrorIn = [
   'aws-docdb',
   'aws-dynamodb',
   'aws-ecr',
+  'aws-ecr-assets',
   'aws-efs',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancing',
   'aws-elasticloadbalancingv2',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/image-asset.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/image-asset.ts
index 5069230b60972..a40a1ccb1a557 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/image-asset.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr-assets/lib/image-asset.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { FingerprintOptions, FollowMode, IAsset } from '../../assets';
 import * as ecr from '../../aws-ecr';
-import { Annotations, AssetStaging, FeatureFlags, FileFingerprintOptions, IgnoreMode, Stack, SymlinkFollowMode, Token, Stage, CfnResource } from '../../core';
+import { Annotations, AssetStaging, FeatureFlags, FileFingerprintOptions, IgnoreMode, Stack, SymlinkFollowMode, Token, Stage, CfnResource, ValidationError, UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
 import * as cxapi from '../../cx-api';
 
 /**
@@ -435,14 +435,14 @@ export class DockerImageAsset extends Construct implements IAsset {
     // resolve full path
     const dir = path.resolve(props.directory);
     if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot find image directory at ${dir}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Cannot find image directory at ${dir}`, this);
     }
 
     // validate the docker file exists
     this.dockerfilePath = props.file || 'Dockerfile';
     const file = path.join(dir, this.dockerfilePath);
     if (!fs.existsSync(file)) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot find file at ${file}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Cannot find file at ${file}`, this);
     }
 
     const defaultIgnoreMode = FeatureFlags.of(this).isEnabled(cxapi.DOCKER_IGNORE_SUPPORT)
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ export class DockerImageAsset extends Construct implements IAsset {
 function validateProps(props: DockerImageAssetProps) {
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(props)) {
     if (Token.isUnresolved(value)) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot use Token as value of '${key}': this value is used before deployment starts`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Cannot use Token as value of '${key}': this value is used before deployment starts`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ function validateProps(props: DockerImageAssetProps) {
 function validateBuildProps(buildPropName: string, buildProps?: { [key: string]: string }) {
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(buildProps || {})) {
     if (Token.isUnresolved(key) || Token.isUnresolved(value)) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot use tokens in keys or values of "${buildPropName}" since they are needed before deployment`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Cannot use tokens in keys or values of "${buildPropName}" since they are needed before deployment`);
     }
   }
 }
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..676dbbd80d928 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
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { IAsset } from '../../assets';
 import * as ecr from '../../aws-ecr';
-import { AssetStaging, Stack, Stage } from '../../core';
+import { AssetStaging, Stack, Stage, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 
 /**
  * Options for TarballImageAsset
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class TarballImageAsset extends Construct implements IAsset {
     super(scope, id);
 
     if (!fs.existsSync(props.tarballFile)) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot find file at ${props.tarballFile}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Cannot find file at ${props.tarballFile}`, this);
     }
 
     const stagedTarball = new AssetStaging(this, 'Staging', { sourcePath: props.tarballFile });