diff --git a/.changelog/31757.txt b/.changelog/31757.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d3d5618518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/31757.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+data/aws_ecr_repository: Correctly set `most_recent_image_tags` when only a single image is found
+```
diff --git a/internal/service/ecr/repository_data_source.go b/internal/service/ecr/repository_data_source.go
index 8cf604638c8..d886e48dc7d 100644
--- a/internal/service/ecr/repository_data_source.go
+++ b/internal/service/ecr/repository_data_source.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func dataSourceRepositoryRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta
 		return sdkdiag.AppendErrorf(diags, "reading images for ECR Repository (%s): %s", d.Id(), err)
 	}
 
-	if len(imageDetails) > 1 {
+	if len(imageDetails) >= 1 {
 		slices.SortFunc(imageDetails, func(a, b *ecr.ImageDetail) bool {
 			return aws.TimeValue(a.ImagePushedAt).After(aws.TimeValue(b.ImagePushedAt))
 		})