diff --git a/pkg/docker_registry/api.go b/pkg/docker_registry/api.go
index 9144baae20..eb893dfd51 100644
--- a/pkg/docker_registry/api.go
+++ b/pkg/docker_registry/api.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (api *api) IsRepoImageExists(ctx context.Context, reference string) (bool,
 
 func (api *api) TryGetRepoImage(ctx context.Context, reference string) (*image.Info, error) {
 	if imgInfo, err := api.GetRepoImage(ctx, reference); err != nil {
-		if IsBlobUnknownError(err) || IsManifestUnknownError(err) || IsNameUnknownError(err) || IsHarbor404Error(err) {
+		if IsBlobUnknownError(err) || IsManifestUnknownError(err) || IsNameUnknownError(err) || IsHarbor404Error(err) || IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err) {
 			// TODO: 1. auto reject images with manifest-unknown or blob-unknown errors
 			// TODO: 2. why TryGetRepoImage for rejected image records gives manifest-unknown errors?
 			// TODO: 3. make sure werf never ever creates rejected image records for name-unknown errors.
diff --git a/pkg/docker_registry/default.go b/pkg/docker_registry/default.go
index 8b5abc2ac5..98e0c88363 100644
--- a/pkg/docker_registry/default.go
+++ b/pkg/docker_registry/default.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ func (r *defaultImplementation) Tags(ctx context.Context, reference string) ([]s
 		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING:  to instruct werf to use harbor driver.\n")
 	}
 
+	if IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err) && r.Implementation != QuayImplementationName {
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING: Detected error specific for quay container registry implementation!\n")
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING: Use --repo-container-registry=quay option (or WERF_CONTAINER_REGISTRY env var)\n")
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING:  to instruct werf to use quay driver.\n")
+	}
+
 	return tags, err
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +66,12 @@ func (r *defaultImplementation) TryGetRepoImage(ctx context.Context, reference s
 		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING:  to instruct werf to use harbor driver.\n")
 	}
 
+	if IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err) && r.Implementation != QuayImplementationName {
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING: Detected error specific for quay container registry implementation!\n")
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING: Use --repo-container-registry=quay option (or WERF_CONTAINER_REGISTRY env var)\n")
+		logboek.Context(ctx).Error().LogF("WARNING:  to instruct werf to use quay driver.\n")
+	}
+
 	return info, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/docker_registry/generic_api.go b/pkg/docker_registry/generic_api.go
index 91b8fa9599..5f8e660e7b 100644
--- a/pkg/docker_registry/generic_api.go
+++ b/pkg/docker_registry/generic_api.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (api *genericApi) GetRepoImageConfigFile(ctx context.Context, reference str
 	for _, mirrorReference := range mirrorReferenceList {
 		config, err := api.getRepoImageConfigFile(ctx, mirrorReference)
 		if err != nil {
-			if IsBlobUnknownError(err) || IsManifestUnknownError(err) || IsNameUnknownError(err) || IsHarbor404Error(err) {
+			if IsBlobUnknownError(err) || IsManifestUnknownError(err) || IsNameUnknownError(err) || IsHarbor404Error(err) || IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err) {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/docker_registry/quay.go b/pkg/docker_registry/quay.go
index dec0302f60..a8cea6332e 100644
--- a/pkg/docker_registry/quay.go
+++ b/pkg/docker_registry/quay.go
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ func NewQuayRepositoryNotFoundErr(err error) QuayRepositoryNotFoundErr {
 }
 
 func IsQuayRepositoryNotFoundErr(err error) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), quayRepositoryNotFoundErrPrefix)
+	return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), quayRepositoryNotFoundErrPrefix)
+}
+
+func IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err error) bool {
+	return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "TAG_EXPIRED: ")
 }
 
 var quayPatterns = []string{"^quay\\.io", "^quay\\..*\\.com"}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/repo_stages_storage.go b/pkg/storage/repo_stages_storage.go
index 94999410d8..6eae75aa1e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/repo_stages_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/repo_stages_storage.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (storage *RepoStagesStorage) GetStageDescription(ctx context.Context, proje
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	if docker_registry.IsBlobUnknownError(err) || docker_registry.IsHarbor404Error(err) {
+	if docker_registry.IsBlobUnknownError(err) || docker_registry.IsHarbor404Error(err) || docker_registry.IsQuayTagExpiredErr(err) {
 		return nil, ErrBrokenImage
 	}