diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/ecr/source-action.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/ecr/source-action.ts
index a7e4c6cf8ce7b..a86faabe50b60 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/ecr/source-action.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/ecr/source-action.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import * as codepipeline from '../../../aws-codepipeline';
-import * as ecr from '../../../aws-ecr';
 import { Rule } from '../../../aws-events';
 import * as targets from '../../../aws-events-targets';
 import * as iam from '../../../aws-iam';
 import { Names } from '../../../core';
+import { IRepositoryRef } from '../../../interfaces/generated/aws-ecr-interfaces.generated';
 import { Action } from '../action';
 import { sourceArtifactBounds } from '../common';
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export interface EcrSourceActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonAwsActionProps
   /**
    * The repository that will be watched for changes.
    */
-  readonly repository: ecr.IRepository;
+  readonly repository: IRepositoryRef;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export class EcrSourceAction extends Action {
   constructor(props: EcrSourceActionProps) {
     super({
       ...props,
-      resource: props.repository,
       category: codepipeline.ActionCategory.SOURCE,
       provider: 'ECR',
       artifactBounds: sourceArtifactBounds(),
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ export class EcrSourceAction extends Action {
   codepipeline.ActionConfig {
     options.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
       actions: ['ecr:DescribeImages'],
-      resources: [this.props.repository.repositoryArn],
+      resources: [this.props.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryArn],
     }));
 
     new Rule(scope, Names.nodeUniqueId(stage.pipeline.node) + 'SourceEventRule', {
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ export class EcrSourceAction extends Action {
         source: ['aws.ecr'],
         detail: {
           'result': ['SUCCESS'],
-          'repository-name': [this.props.repository.repositoryName],
+          'repository-name': [this.props.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryName],
           'image-tag': [this.props.imageTag === '' ? undefined : (this.props.imageTag ?? 'latest')],
           'action-type': ['PUSH'],
         },
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ export class EcrSourceAction extends Action {
 
     return {
       configuration: {
-        RepositoryName: this.props.repository.repositoryName,
+        RepositoryName: this.props.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryName,
         ImageTag: this.props.imageTag ? this.props.imageTag : undefined, // `''` is falsy in JS/TS
       },
     };
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/inspector/ecr-image-scan-action.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/inspector/ecr-image-scan-action.ts
index 50082f59cd16c..5c2483cb1c081 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/inspector/ecr-image-scan-action.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/inspector/ecr-image-scan-action.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { InspectorScanActionBase, InspectorScanActionBaseProps } from './scan-ac
 import * as codepipeline from '../../../aws-codepipeline';
 import * as ecr from '../../../aws-ecr';
 import * as iam from '../../../aws-iam';
+import { IRepositoryRef } from '../../../interfaces/generated/aws-ecr-interfaces.generated';
 
 /**
  * Construction properties of the `InspectorEcrImageScanAction`.
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export interface InspectorEcrImageScanActionProps extends InspectorScanActionBas
   /**
    * The Amazon ECR repository where the image is pushed.
    */
-  readonly repository: ecr.IRepository;
+  readonly repository: IRepositoryRef;
 
   /**
    * The tag used for the image.
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export class InspectorEcrImageScanAction extends InspectorScanActionBase {
   protected renderActionConfiguration(): Record<string, any> {
     return {
       InspectorRunMode: 'ECRImageScan',
-      ECRRepositoryName: this.ecrProps.repository.repositoryName,
+      ECRRepositoryName: this.ecrProps.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryName,
       ImageTag: this.ecrProps.imageTag,
     };
   }
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class InspectorEcrImageScanAction extends InspectorScanActionBase {
 
     // see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/action-reference-InspectorScan.html#edit-role-InspectorScan
     options.role.addToPrincipalPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
-      resources: [this.ecrProps.repository.repositoryArn],
+      resources: [this.ecrProps.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryArn],
       actions: [
         'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer',
         'ecr:BatchGetImage',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
index 9a8c70477eee6..5ca36f983b37b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from '../../core/lib/prop-injectable';
 import { AutoDeleteImagesProvider } from '../../custom-resource-handlers/dist/aws-ecr/auto-delete-images-provider.generated';
+import { IRepositoryRef, RepositoryReference } from '../../interfaces/generated/aws-ecr-interfaces.generated';
 
 const AUTO_DELETE_IMAGES_RESOURCE_TYPE = 'Custom::ECRAutoDeleteImages';
 const AUTO_DELETE_IMAGES_TAG = 'aws-cdk:auto-delete-images';
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ const AUTO_DELETE_IMAGES_TAG = 'aws-cdk:auto-delete-images';
 /**
  * Represents an ECR repository.
  */
-export interface IRepository extends IResource {
+export interface IRepository extends IResource, IRepositoryRef {
   /**
    * The name of the repository
    * @attribute
@@ -191,6 +192,16 @@ export abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    */
   public abstract readonly repositoryArn: string;
 
+  /**
+   * A reference to this repository
+   */
+  public get repositoryRef(): RepositoryReference {
+    return {
+      repositoryName: this.repositoryName,
+      repositoryArn: this.repositoryArn,
+    };
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add a policy statement to the repository's resource policy
    */
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/pipelines/lib/codepipeline/codepipeline-source.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/pipelines/lib/codepipeline/codepipeline-source.ts
index 4cc832a6604e0..9fd89e8f33d0b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/pipelines/lib/codepipeline/codepipeline-source.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/pipelines/lib/codepipeline/codepipeline-source.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import * as cp from '../../../aws-codepipeline';
 import { Artifact } from '../../../aws-codepipeline';
 import * as cp_actions from '../../../aws-codepipeline-actions';
 import { Action, CodeCommitTrigger, GitHubTrigger, S3Trigger } from '../../../aws-codepipeline-actions';
-import { IRepository } from '../../../aws-ecr';
 import * as iam from '../../../aws-iam';
 import { IBucket } from '../../../aws-s3';
 import { Fn, SecretValue, Token, UnscopedValidationError } from '../../../core';
+import { IRepositoryRef } from '../../../interfaces/generated/aws-ecr-interfaces.generated';
 import { FileSet, Step } from '../blueprint';
 
 /**
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export abstract class CodePipelineSource extends Step implements ICodePipelineAc
    *   imageTag: 'latest',
    * });
    */
-  public static ecr(repository: IRepository, props: ECRSourceOptions = {}): CodePipelineSource {
+  public static ecr(repository: IRepositoryRef, props: ECRSourceOptions = {}): CodePipelineSource {
     return new ECRSource(repository, props);
   }
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export interface ECRSourceOptions {
 }
 
 class ECRSource extends CodePipelineSource {
-  constructor(readonly repository: IRepository, readonly props: ECRSourceOptions) {
+  constructor(readonly repository: IRepositoryRef, readonly props: ECRSourceOptions) {
     super(Node.of(repository).addr);
 
     this.configurePrimaryOutput(new FileSet('Source', this));
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class ECRSource extends CodePipelineSource {
 
   protected getAction(output: Artifact, _actionName: string, runOrder: number, variablesNamespace: string) {
     // RepositoryName can contain '/' that is not a valid ActionName character, use '_' instead
-    const formattedRepositoryName = Fn.join('_', Fn.split('/', this.repository.repositoryName));
+    const formattedRepositoryName = Fn.join('_', Fn.split('/', this.repository.repositoryRef.repositoryName));
     return new cp_actions.EcrSourceAction({
       output,
       actionName: this.props.actionName ?? formattedRepositoryName,