diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/alb-controller.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/alb-controller.ts
index d9ca24c0d1d56..69418e24bfd57 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/alb-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/alb-controller.ts
@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@ export class AlbController extends CoreConstruct {
         },
         region: Stack.of(this).region,
         vpcId: props.cluster.vpc.vpcId,
-        repository: props.repository ?? '602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller',
-        tag: props.version.version,
+        image: {
+          repository: props.repository ?? '602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller',
+          tag: props.version.version,
+        },
       },
     });
 
@@ -243,5 +245,4 @@ export class AlbController extends CoreConstruct {
     chart.node.addDependency(props.cluster.openIdConnectProvider);
     chart.node.addDependency(props.cluster.awsAuth);
   }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/alb-controller.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/alb-controller.test.ts
index 67cf8c245da36..6b5ba464a69a5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/alb-controller.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/alb-controller.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test('can configure a custom repository', () => {
           {
             Ref: 'ClusterDefaultVpcFA9F2722',
           },
-          '","repository":"custom","tag":"v2.3.0"}',
+          '","image":{"repository":"custom","tag":"v2.3.0"}}',
         ],
       ],
     },
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ test('throws when a policy is not defined for a custom version', () => {
     version: AlbControllerVersion.of('custom'),
   })).toThrowError("'albControllerOptions.policy' is required when using a custom controller version");
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.alb-controller.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.alb-controller.expected.json
index 217c6e6698bee..3c59987aa297b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.alb-controller.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.alb-controller.expected.json
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@
               {
                 "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
               },
-              "\",\"repository\":\"602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller\",\"tag\":\"v2.3.0\"}"
+              "\",\"image\":{\"repository\":\"602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller\",\"tag\":\"v2.3.0\"}}"
             ]
           ]
         },
@@ -2348,4 +2348,4 @@
       "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"06035c90bda92ff37322a329e214af5f2a1e591c6920e0cea4c6816e0f38ac4b\""
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-inference.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-inference.expected.json
index 9bd457a515881..972f83bf64253 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-inference.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-inference.expected.json
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@
               {
                 "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
               },
-              "\",\"repository\":\"602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller\",\"tag\":\"v2.3.0\"}"
+              "\",\"image\":{\"repository\":\"602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/aws-load-balancer-controller\",\"tag\":\"v2.3.0\"}}"
             ]
           ]
         },
@@ -2421,4 +2421,4 @@
       "Default": "/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/1.21/amazon-linux-2-gpu/recommended/image_id"
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}