diff --git a/grype/vex/openvex/implementation.go b/grype/vex/openvex/implementation.go
index 608750bae7e..e63cc46e11d 100644
--- a/grype/vex/openvex/implementation.go
+++ b/grype/vex/openvex/implementation.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
@@ -61,16 +62,35 @@ func (ovm *Processor) ReadVexDocuments(docs []string) (interface{}, error) {
 func productIdentifiersFromContext(pkgContext *pkg.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	switch v := pkgContext.Source.Metadata.(type) {
 	case source.ImageMetadata:
-		// TODO(puerco): We can create a wider definition here. This effectively
-		// adds the multiarch image and the image of the OS running grype. We
-		// could generate more identifiers to match better.
-		return identifiersFromDigests(v.RepoDigests), nil
+		tagIdentifiers := identifiersFromTags(v.Tags, pkgContext.Source.Name)
+		digestIdentifiers := identifiersFromDigests(v.RepoDigests)
+		identifiers := slices.Concat(tagIdentifiers, digestIdentifiers)
+		return identifiers, nil
 	default:
 		// Fail for now
 		return nil, errors.New("source type not supported for VEX")
 	}
 }
 
+func identifiersFromTags(tags []string, name string) []string {
+	identifiers := []string{}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		identifiers = append(identifiers, tag)
+
+		tagMap := map[string]string{}
+		_, splitTag, found := strings.Cut(tag, ":")
+		if found {
+			tagMap["tag"] = splitTag
+			qualifiers := packageurl.QualifiersFromMap(tagMap)
+
+			identifiers = append(identifiers, packageurl.NewPackageURL("oci", "", name, "", qualifiers, "").String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return identifiers
+}
+
 func identifiersFromDigests(digests []string) []string {
 	identifiers := []string{}
 
diff --git a/grype/vex/openvex/implementation_test.go b/grype/vex/openvex/implementation_test.go
index 6407df46e24..93dd03f319f 100644
--- a/grype/vex/openvex/implementation_test.go
+++ b/grype/vex/openvex/implementation_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func TestIdentifiersFromTags(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		sut      string
+		name     string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			"alpine:v1.2.3",
+			"alpine",
+			[]string{"alpine:v1.2.3", "pkg:oci/alpine?tag=v1.2.3"},
+		},
+		{
+			"alpine",
+			"alpine",
+			[]string{"alpine"},
+		},
+	} {
+		res := identifiersFromTags([]string{tc.sut}, tc.name)
+		require.Equal(t, tc.expected, res)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIdentifiersFromDigests(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		sut      string