diff --git a/plugins/rest/auth.go b/plugins/rest/auth.go
index a28f21782a..3cae61ebff 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/auth.go
+++ b/plugins/rest/auth.go
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ type awsSigningAuthPlugin struct {
 	AWSService          string `json:"service,omitempty"`
 	AWSSignatureVersion string `json:"signature_version,omitempty"`
 
+	host          string
 	ecrAuthPlugin *ecrAuthPlugin
 	kmsSignPlugin *awsKMSSignPlugin
 
@@ -827,6 +828,13 @@ func (ap *awsSigningAuthPlugin) NewClient(c Config) (*http.Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	url, err := url.Parse(c.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ap.host = url.Host
+
 	if ap.logger == nil {
 		ap.logger = c.logger
 	}
@@ -839,6 +847,13 @@ func (ap *awsSigningAuthPlugin) NewClient(c Config) (*http.Client, error) {
 }
 
 func (ap *awsSigningAuthPlugin) Prepare(req *http.Request) error {
+	if ap.host != req.URL.Host {
+		// Return early if the host does not match.
+		// This can happen when the OCI registry responded with a redirect to another host.
+		// For instance, ECR redirects to S3 and the ECR auth header should not be included in the S3 request.
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	switch ap.AWSService {
 	case "ecr":
 		return ap.ecrAuthPlugin.Prepare(req)
diff --git a/plugins/rest/aws_test.go b/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
index ebd743f89b..25c7f339f0 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
+++ b/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
@@ -1586,6 +1586,54 @@ func TestECRAuthPluginRequestsAuthorizationToken(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestECRAuthPluginRequestsRedirection(t *testing.T) {
+	// Environment credentials to sign the ecr get authorization token request
+	t.Setenv(accessKeyEnvVar, "blablabla")
+	t.Setenv(secretKeyEnvVar, "tatata")
+	t.Setenv(awsRegionEnvVar, "us-east-1")
+	t.Setenv(sessionTokenEnvVar, "lalala")
+
+	ap := awsSigningAuthPlugin{
+		logger:                    logging.NewNoOpLogger(),
+		AWSEnvironmentCredentials: &awsEnvironmentCredentialService{},
+		host:                      "somewhere.com",
+		AWSService:                "ecr",
+	}
+
+	apECR := newECRAuthPlugin(&ap)
+	apECR.ecr = &ecrStub{token: aws.ECRAuthorizationToken{
+		AuthorizationToken: "secret",
+	}}
+
+	ap.ecrAuthPlugin = apECR
+
+	// Request to the host specified in the plugin configuration
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("", "http://somewhere.com", nil)
+
+	if err := ap.Prepare(req); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("ecrAuthPlugin.Prepare() = %q", err)
+	}
+
+	got := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
+	want := "Basic secret"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("req.Header.Get(\"Authorization\") = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// Redirection to another host
+	req = httptest.NewRequest("", "http://somewhere-else.com", nil)
+
+	if err := ap.Prepare(req); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("ecrAuthPlugin.Prepare() = %q", err)
+	}
+
+	got = req.Header.Get("Authorization")
+	want = ""
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("req.Header.Get(\"Authorization\") = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 type ecrStub struct {
 	token aws.ECRAuthorizationToken
 }