diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Containers.IntegrationTests/DockerRegistryManager.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Containers.IntegrationTests/DockerRegistryManager.cs
index 53954b10427b..bceb7393c5bd 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Containers.IntegrationTests/DockerRegistryManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.Build.Containers.IntegrationTests/DockerRegistryManager.cs
@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ public class DockerRegistryManager
     public const string FullyQualifiedBaseImageAspNet = $"{BaseImageSource}/{AspNetBaseImage}:{Net8PreviewImageTag}";
     private static string? s_registryContainerId;
 
-    public static void StartAndPopulateDockerRegistry(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
+    private static string SDK_AzureContainerRegistryImage => "dotnetdhmirror-f8bzbjakh8cga6ab.azurecr.io/registry:2";
+    private static string Docker_HubRegistryImage => "docker.io/library/registry:2";
+
+    // TODO: some logic to pivot between this and Docker Hub
+    private static string RegistryImageToUse => SDK_AzureContainerRegistryImage;
+
+
+    public static async Task StartAndPopulateDockerRegistry(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
     {
         using TestLoggerFactory loggerFactory = new(testOutput);
 
-        if (!new DockerCli(loggerFactory).IsAvailable()) {
+        if (!new DockerCli(loggerFactory).IsAvailable())
+        {
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Docker is not available, tests cannot run");
         }
 
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ public static void StartAndPopulateDockerRegistry(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
             {
                 logger.LogInformation("Spawning local registry at '{registry}', attempt #{attempt}.", LocalRegistry, spawnRegistryAttempt);
 
-                CommandResult processResult = ContainerCli.RunCommand(testOutput, "--rm", "--publish", "5010:5000", "--detach", "docker.io/library/registry:2").Execute();
+                CommandResult processResult = ContainerCli.RunCommand(testOutput, "--rm", "--publish", "5010:5000", "--detach", RegistryImageToUse).Execute();
 
                 processResult.Should().Pass().And.HaveStdOut();
 
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ public static void StartAndPopulateDockerRegistry(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
                         .Execute()
                         .Should().Pass();
 
-                    logger.LogInformation("Tagging image '{sourceRepo}/{sourceImage}:{sourceTag}' as '{targetRepo}/{targetImage}:{targetTag}'.",BaseImageSource, RuntimeBaseImage, tag, LocalRegistry, RuntimeBaseImage, tag);
+                    logger.LogInformation("Tagging image '{sourceRepo}/{sourceImage}:{sourceTag}' as '{targetRepo}/{targetImage}:{targetTag}'.", BaseImageSource, RuntimeBaseImage, tag, LocalRegistry, RuntimeBaseImage, tag);
                     ContainerCli.TagCommand(testOutput, $"{BaseImageSource}/{RuntimeBaseImage}:{tag}", $"{LocalRegistry}/{RuntimeBaseImage}:{tag}")
                         .Execute()
                         .Should().Pass();
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ public static void StartAndPopulateDockerRegistry(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
                     {
                         ContainerCli.StopCommand(testOutput, s_registryContainerId).Execute();
                     }
-                    catch(Exception ex2)
+                    catch (Exception ex2)
                     {
                         logger.LogError(ex2, "Failed to stop the registry {id}.", s_registryContainerId);
                     }