diff --git a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
index f2fa8f649..2f50d7ec5 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
@@ -152,13 +152,14 @@ initialize_variables() {
       # Scenario 2: CI mode with default HUB -> use external registry with proper CI tag
       echo "CI mode detected for OCP, using external registry ${HUB}"
       export USE_INTERNAL_REGISTRY="false"
-
       # Use PR_NUMBER if available, otherwise generate timestamp tag
+      # Use TARGET_ARCH to differentiate tags for different architectures in CI, avoid race conditions in CI when multiple runs are pushing to the same default tag
       if [ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ]; then
-        export TAG="pr-${PR_NUMBER}"
+        TAG="pr-${PR_NUMBER}-${TARGET_ARCH}"
+        export TAG
         echo "Using PR-based tag: ${TAG}"
       else
-        TAG="ci-test-$(date +%s)"
+        TAG="ci-test-$(date +%s)-${TARGET_ARCH}"
         export TAG
         echo "Using timestamp-based tag: ${TAG}"
       fi