diff --git a/internal/controller/imagepolicy_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/imagepolicy_controller_test.go
index f12aebae..1c0a00f1 100644
--- a/internal/controller/imagepolicy_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/imagepolicy_controller_test.go
@@ -256,6 +256,24 @@ func TestImagePolicyReconciler_applyPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			db:         &mockDatabase{TagData: []string{"1.0.0", "2.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.2.0"}},
 			wantResult: "1.0.1",
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "semver with 'v' prefix, no tag filter",
+			policy:     imagev1.ImagePolicyChoice{SemVer: &imagev1.SemVerPolicy{Range: "v1.0.x"}},
+			db:         &mockDatabase{TagData: []string{"v1.0.0", "v2.0.0", "v1.0.1", "v1.2.0"}},
+			wantResult: "v1.0.1",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "semver with 'v' prefix but data without 'v' prefix, no tag filter",
+			policy:     imagev1.ImagePolicyChoice{SemVer: &imagev1.SemVerPolicy{Range: "v1.0.x"}},
+			db:         &mockDatabase{TagData: []string{"1.0.0", "2.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.2.0"}},
+			wantResult: "1.0.1",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "semver without 'v' prefix but data with 'v' prefix, no tag filter",
+			policy:     imagev1.ImagePolicyChoice{SemVer: &imagev1.SemVerPolicy{Range: "1.0.x"}},
+			db:         &mockDatabase{TagData: []string{"v1.0.0", "v2.0.0", "v1.0.1", "v1.2.0"}},
+			wantResult: "v1.0.1",
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "invalid tag filter",
 			policy:  imagev1.ImagePolicyChoice{SemVer: &imagev1.SemVerPolicy{Range: "1.0.x"}},