diff --git a/cmd/acr/purge_test.go b/cmd/acr/purge_test.go
index a9f8c6e1..272402d0 100644
--- a/cmd/acr/purge_test.go
+++ b/cmd/acr/purge_test.go
@@ -734,11 +734,21 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("SingleRepo", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("SingleRepoWithRegex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert := assert.New(t)
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
+		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{testRepo + ".?:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
+		assert.Equal(1, len(filters), "Number of found should be one")
+		assert.Equal(".*", filters[testRepo], "Filter for test repo should be .*")
+		assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
+		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("SingleRepoWithoutRegex", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert := assert.New(t)
+		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{testRepo + ":.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.Equal(1, len(filters), "Number of found should be one")
 		assert.Equal(".*", filters[testRepo], "Filter for test repo should be .*")
@@ -764,7 +774,7 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"ba:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
+		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"ba?:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.Equal(0, len(filters), "Number of found repos should be zero")
 		assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -775,7 +785,7 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"foo/bar:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
+		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"foo/bar?:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.Equal(1, len(filters), "Number of found repos should be one")
 		assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -786,7 +796,7 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"foo/bar:(?:.*)"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
+		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{"foo/bar?:(?:.*)"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.Equal(1, len(filters), "Number of found repos should be one")
 		assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -840,7 +850,7 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		assert := assert.New(t)
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
 		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{testRepo + ":.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
+		filters, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{testRepo + "?:.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.Equal(0, len(filters), "Number of found repos should be zero")
 		assert.Equal(nil, err, "Error should be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -849,8 +859,6 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("EmptyRepoRegex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert := assert.New(t)
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
-		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		_, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{":.*"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.NotEqual(nil, err, "Error should not be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -859,8 +867,6 @@ func TestCollectTagFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("EmptyTagRegex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert := assert.New(t)
 		mockClient := &mocks.BaseClientAPI{}
-		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, "", mock.Anything).Return(ManyRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
-		mockClient.On("GetRepositories", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(NoRepositoriesResult, nil).Once()
 		_, err := common.CollectTagFilters(testCtx, []string{testRepo + ".*:"}, mockClient, 60, defaultRepoPageSize)
 		assert.NotEqual(nil, err, "Error should not be nil")
 		mockClient.AssertExpectations(t)
diff --git a/cmd/common/image_functions.go b/cmd/common/image_functions.go
index e3179caf..1fda83c5 100644
--- a/cmd/common/image_functions.go
+++ b/cmd/common/image_functions.go
@@ -97,9 +97,34 @@ func GetRepositoryAndTagRegex(filter string) (string, string, error) {
 
 // CollectTagFilters collects all matching repos and collects the associated tag filters
 func CollectTagFilters(ctx context.Context, rawFilters []string, client acrapi.BaseClientAPI, regexMatchTimeout int64, repoPageSize int32) (map[string]string, error) {
-	allRepoNames, err := GetAllRepositoryNames(ctx, client, repoPageSize)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var allRepoNames []string
+
+	// Bypass listing the repositories if there are no regex in the repository name filters
+	notRegexRegex := regexp2.MustCompile(`^[a-z0-9-\/]+$`, defaultRegexpOptions)
+	listRepositories := false
+	for _, filter := range rawFilters {
+		repoRegex, _, err := GetRepositoryAndTagRegex(filter)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		notRegex, err := notRegexRegex.MatchString(repoRegex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !notRegex {
+			listRepositories = true
+			break
+		}
+
+		allRepoNames = append(allRepoNames, repoRegex)
+	}
+
+	if listRepositories {
+		var err error
+		if allRepoNames, err = GetAllRepositoryNames(ctx, client, repoPageSize); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	tagFilters := map[string]string{}