diff --git a/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model.go b/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model.go
index 62dfd13ca..68e04b0f2 100644
--- a/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model.go
+++ b/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+	"go.podman.io/image/v5/docker/reference"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 
@@ -128,6 +129,15 @@ func ConvertToModel(cfg DeclarativeConfig) (model.Model, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("package %q does not match %q property %q", b.Package, property.TypePackage, props.Packages[0].PackageName)
 		}
 
+		if err := validateImagePullSpec(b.Image, "package %q bundle %q image", b.Package, b.Name); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for i, rel := range b.RelatedImages {
+			if err := validateImagePullSpec(rel.Image, "package %q bundle %q relatedImages[%d].image", b.Package, b.Name, i); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Parse version from the package property.
 		rawVersion := props.Packages[0].Version
 		ver, err := semver.Parse(rawVersion)
@@ -269,3 +279,15 @@ func relatedImagesToModelRelatedImages(in []RelatedImage) []model.RelatedImage {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// validateImagePullSpec checks that a non-empty image pull spec is valid
+// Empty pull specs are not validated.
+func validateImagePullSpec(pullSpec, errFormat string, errArgs ...interface{}) error {
+	if pullSpec == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(pullSpec); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errFormat+": invalid image pull spec %q: %w", append(errArgs, pullSpec, err)...)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model_test.go b/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model_test.go
index 7a5b36377..2e176ba24 100644
--- a/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model_test.go
+++ b/alpha/declcfg/declcfg_to_model_test.go
@@ -506,6 +506,71 @@ func TestConvertToModel(t *testing.T) {
 				})},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "Error/BundleImageInvalidPullSpecUnsupportedDigestSsha256",
+			assertion: hasErrorContaining("invalid image pull spec"),
+			cfg: DeclarativeConfig{
+				Packages: []Package{newTestPackage("foo", "alpha", svgSmallCircle)},
+				Channels: []Channel{newTestChannel("foo", "alpha", ChannelEntry{Name: testBundleName("foo", "0.1.0")})},
+				Bundles: []Bundle{newTestBundle("foo", "0.1.0", func(b *Bundle) {
+					// Misspelled digest algorithm: ssha256 instead of sha256 (unsupported hash type)
+					b.Image = "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle@ssha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"
+				})},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Error/BundleImageInvalidPullSpecUnsupportedDigestMd5",
+			assertion: hasErrorContaining("invalid image pull spec"),
+			cfg: DeclarativeConfig{
+				Packages: []Package{newTestPackage("foo", "alpha", svgSmallCircle)},
+				Channels: []Channel{newTestChannel("foo", "alpha", ChannelEntry{Name: testBundleName("foo", "0.1.0")})},
+				Bundles: []Bundle{newTestBundle("foo", "0.1.0", func(b *Bundle) {
+					b.Image = "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle@md5:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"
+				})},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Error/BundleRelatedImageInvalidPullSpecSsha256",
+			assertion: hasErrorContaining("invalid image pull spec"),
+			cfg: DeclarativeConfig{
+				Packages: []Package{newTestPackage("foo", "alpha", svgSmallCircle)},
+				Channels: []Channel{newTestChannel("foo", "alpha", ChannelEntry{Name: testBundleName("foo", "0.1.0")})},
+				Bundles: []Bundle{newTestBundle("foo", "0.1.0", func(b *Bundle) {
+					b.RelatedImages = []RelatedImage{
+						{Name: "bundle", Image: testBundleImage("foo", "0.1.0")},
+						{Name: "operator", Image: "quay.io/operator-framework/my-operator@ssha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"},
+					}
+				})},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Success/BundleImageValidSha256Digest",
+			assertion: require.NoError,
+			cfg: DeclarativeConfig{
+				Packages: []Package{newTestPackage("foo", "alpha", svgSmallCircle)},
+				Channels: []Channel{newTestChannel("foo", "alpha", ChannelEntry{Name: testBundleName("foo", "0.1.0")})},
+				Bundles: []Bundle{newTestBundle("foo", "0.1.0", func(b *Bundle) {
+					b.Image = "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle@sha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"
+					b.RelatedImages = []RelatedImage{
+						{Name: "bundle", Image: "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle@sha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"},
+					}
+				})},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Success/BundleImageValidTagWithDigest",
+			assertion: require.NoError,
+			cfg: DeclarativeConfig{
+				Packages: []Package{newTestPackage("foo", "alpha", svgSmallCircle)},
+				Channels: []Channel{newTestChannel("foo", "alpha", ChannelEntry{Name: testBundleName("foo", "0.1.0")})},
+				Bundles: []Bundle{newTestBundle("foo", "0.1.0", func(b *Bundle) {
+					b.Image = "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle:v0.1.0@sha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"
+					b.RelatedImages = []RelatedImage{
+						{Name: "bundle", Image: "quay.io/operator-framework/foo-bundle:v0.1.0@sha256:abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234"},
+					}
+				})},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range specs {
@@ -577,3 +642,14 @@ func hasError(expectedError string) require.ErrorAssertionFunc {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 }
+
+// hasErrorContaining returns an ErrorAssertionFunc that passes when the error message contains the given substring.
+func hasErrorContaining(substring string) require.ErrorAssertionFunc {
+	return func(t require.TestingT, actualError error, args ...interface{}) {
+		if stdt, ok := t.(*testing.T); ok {
+			stdt.Helper()
+		}
+		require.Error(t, actualError)
+		require.Contains(t, actualError.Error(), substring, "expected error to contain %q", substring)
+	}
+}