diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d6524e8e..699e4a16 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v1.4.2-0.20200203170920-46ec8731fbce // indirect
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.2
 	github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.53
-	github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.8.0
+	github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.9.0
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0752c18d..f2ecafa2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ github.com/fullsailor/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20190404230743-d7302db945fa/go.mod h1:KnogPXt
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.52/go.mod h1:kQFMTWowNAp9tOp6aImQa/NoLzfvX29jN5Qgud9rpQU=
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.53 h1:9M6YOs8FYDSmGJqNqdCFolo3buuQalJSuUy7X8FIXm4=
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.53/go.mod h1:kQFMTWowNAp9tOp6aImQa/NoLzfvX29jN5Qgud9rpQU=
-github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.8.0 h1:BZTlunUVK2BnY05sQ7khyc1MAQjhEBvXJkw+GM8URUg=
-github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.8.0/go.mod h1:32SHGcbmmueeK9VkawsFcEbsoENXQPIuuYiFBUP+vMQ=
+github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.9.0 h1:Njc/IywnV1mQjQyJH7Xv/M3kggXYos6OjkOk3nP14Ek=
+github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.9.0/go.mod h1:32SHGcbmmueeK9VkawsFcEbsoENXQPIuuYiFBUP+vMQ=
 github.com/garyburd/redigo v0.0.0-20150301180006-535138d7bcd7/go.mod h1:NR3MbYisc3/PwhQ00EMzDiPmrwpPxAn5GI05/YaO1SY=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gardener/image-vector/pkg/overwrite.go b/vendor/github.com/gardener/image-vector/pkg/overwrite.go
index c1b6e483..d98a0e96 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gardener/image-vector/pkg/overwrite.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gardener/image-vector/pkg/overwrite.go
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func (io *imageOverwrite) findGenericImageResource(ctx context.Context, image Im
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse resource version from resource %q of component %q: %w", res.GetName(), comp.GetName(), err)
 			}
-			if constr != nil && !constr.Check(semverVersion) {
+			if image.TargetVersion != nil && !constr.Check(semverVersion) {
 				rLog.V(9).Info("semver constraint does not match", "version", res.GetVersion(), "constraint", *image.TargetVersion)
 				continue
 			}
@@ -440,16 +440,9 @@ func (io *imageOverwrite) findGenericImageResource(ctx context.Context, image Im
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse oci access from resource %q of component %q: %w", res.GetName(), comp.GetName(), err)
 			}
 
-			if image.TargetVersion == nil {
-				io.log.V(7).Info("found image with no target version", "image", image.Name)
-				entry.Tag = nil
-				images = append(images, entry)
-				return images, nil
-			} else {
-				targetVersion := semverVersion.String()
-				entry.TargetVersion = &targetVersion
-				images = append(images, entry)
-			}
+			targetVersion := semverVersion.String()
+			entry.TargetVersion = &targetVersion
+			images = append(images, entry)
 		}
 	}
 	return images, nil
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 46271907..e746a9ba 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/codec
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/ctf
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/oci
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/utils/selector
-# github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.8.0
+# github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.9.0
 ## explicit
 github.com/gardener/image-vector/pkg
 # github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0