diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
index b3babc29c91..58eb32482f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ public DockerImageName(String fullImageName) {
                 versioning = new Sha256Versioning(remoteName.split("@sha256:")[1]);
             }
         } else if (remoteName.contains(":")) {
-            repository = remoteName.split(":")[0];
-            versioning = new TagVersioning(remoteName.split(":")[1]);
+            String[] repositoryAndTag = remoteName.split(":", 2);
+            if (repositoryAndTag[1].isEmpty()) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing tag after ':' in image name " + fullImageName);
+            }
+            repository = repositoryAndTag[0];
+            versioning = new TagVersioning(repositoryAndTag[1]);
         } else {
             repository = remoteName;
             versioning = Versioning.ANY;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
index 5b42322d678..85a14c3c84f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public static String[] getNames() {
                 "/myname@sha256:latest",
                 "/myname@sha256:gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg",
                 "repo:notaport/myname:latest",
+                "myname:myname:1.0",
+                "repo/my-name:1.0:extra",
+                "registry.foo.com:1234/my-name:1.0:extra",
             };
         }
 
@@ -149,6 +152,22 @@ void testParsing(
                     .isEqualTo(version);
             }
         }
+
+        @Test
+        void testExtraColonInTagIsNotDropped() {
+            final DockerImageName imageName = DockerImageName.parse("neo4j:neo4j:4.4");
+
+            assertThat(imageName.getRepository()).isEqualTo("neo4j");
+            assertThat(imageName.getVersionPart()).isEqualTo("neo4j:4.4");
+            assertThat(imageName.asCanonicalNameString()).isEqualTo("neo4j:neo4j:4.4");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void testEmptyTagIsRejected() {
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> DockerImageName.parse("myname:"))
+                .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining("myname:");
+        }
     }
 
     @Nested