diff --git a/template/Makefile.j2 b/template/Makefile.j2
index 7e6c4b64..3636fb6d 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.j2
+++ b/template/Makefile.j2
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ docker-publish:
 	# Generate the SBOM for the operator image, this leverages the already generated SBOM for the operator binary by cargo-cyclonedx\
 	syft scan --output cyclonedx-json=sbom.json --select-catalogers "-cargo-auditable-binary-cataloger" --scope all-layers --source-name "${OPERATOR_NAME}" --source-version "${VERSION}" "${DOCKER_REPO}/${ORGANIZATION}/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE";\
 	# Determine the PURL for the container image\
-	PURL="pkg:docker/${ORGANIZATION}/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE?repository_url=${DOCKER_REPO}";\
+	URLENCODED_REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE=$$(echo "$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE" | sed 's/:/%3A/g');\
+	PURL="pkg:oci/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$URLENCODED_REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE?arch=${ARCH}&repository_url=${DOCKER_REPO}%2F${ORGANIZATION}%2F${OPERATOR_NAME}";\
 	# Get metadata from the image\
 	IMAGE_DESCRIPTION=$$(docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Labels.description}}' "${DOCKER_REPO}/${ORGANIZATION}/${OPERATOR_NAME}:${VERSION}-${ARCH}");\
 	IMAGE_NAME=$$(docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Labels.name}}' "${DOCKER_REPO}/${ORGANIZATION}/${OPERATOR_NAME}:${VERSION}-${ARCH}");\
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ docker-publish:
 	# Generate the SBOM for the operator image, this leverages the already generated SBOM for the operator binary by cargo-cyclonedx\
 	syft scan --output cyclonedx-json=sbom.json --select-catalogers "-cargo-auditable-binary-cataloger" --scope all-layers --source-name "${OPERATOR_NAME}" --source-version "${VERSION}" "${OCI_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${OCI_REGISTRY_PROJECT_IMAGES}/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE";\
 	# Determine the PURL for the container image\
-	PURL="pkg:docker/${OCI_REGISTRY_PROJECT_IMAGES}/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE?repository_url=${OCI_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}";\
+	URLENCODED_REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE=$$(echo "$$REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE" | sed 's/:/%3A/g');\
+	PURL="pkg:oci/${OPERATOR_NAME}@$$URLENCODED_REPO_DIGEST_OF_IMAGE?arch=${ARCH}&repository_url=${OCI_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}%2F${OCI_REGISTRY_PROJECT_IMAGES}%2F${OPERATOR_NAME}";\
 	# Get metadata from the image\
 	IMAGE_DESCRIPTION=$$(docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Labels.description}}' "${OCI_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${OCI_REGISTRY_PROJECT_IMAGES}/${OPERATOR_NAME}:${VERSION}-${ARCH}");\
 	IMAGE_NAME=$$(docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Labels.name}}' "${OCI_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${OCI_REGISTRY_PROJECT_IMAGES}/${OPERATOR_NAME}:${VERSION}-${ARCH}");\