diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/api/controllers/v1/certificate.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/api/controllers/v1/certificate.py
index 34fbe452c7..fe871b27a2 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/api/controllers/v1/certificate.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/api/controllers/v1/certificate.py
@@ -308,24 +308,25 @@ class CertificateController(rest.RestController):
         capabilities = system.capabilities
 
         # platform-cert 'force' check for backward compatibility
-        if mode == constants.CERT_MODE_SSL:
+        if self._is_mode_supported_by_cert_manager(mode):
             # Call may not contain 'force' parameter
             # Note: cert-mon will pass a HTTP POST 'force'='true' param
-            force = pecan.request.POST.get('force')
-            if force == 'true':
-                force = True
-            else:
-                force = False
-            # if RESTAPI_CERT_SECRET_NAME secret is present in k8s, we
-            # assume that SSL cert is managed by cert-manager/cert-mon
+            force_param = pecan.request.POST.get('force')
+            force = force_param == "true"
+
+            plat_cert_name = self._get_secret_name_for_mode(mode)
+
+            # if the certificate secret is present in k8s, we
+            # assume that SSL cert is currently being managed by
+            # cert-manager/cert-mon
             managed_by_cm = self._kube_op.kube_get_secret(
-                    constants.RESTAPI_CERT_SECRET_NAME,
+                    plat_cert_name,
                     constants.CERT_NAMESPACE_PLATFORM_CERTS)
 
             if force is False and managed_by_cm is not None:
                 msg = "Certificate is currently being managed by cert-manager. \n" \
                         "To manage certificate with this command, first delete " \
-                        "the %s Certificate and Secret." % constants.RESTAPI_CERT_SECRET_NAME
+                        "the %s Certificate and Secret." % plat_cert_name
                 LOG.info(msg)
                 return dict(success="", error=msg)
 
@@ -572,6 +573,14 @@ class CertificateController(rest.RestController):
 
         return res
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_secret_name_for_mode(mode):
+        return constants.CERT_MODE_TO_SECRET_NAME[mode]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_mode_supported_by_cert_manager(mode):
+        return mode in constants.CERT_MODES_SUPPORTED_CERT_MANAGER
+
     @cutils.synchronized(LOCK_NAME)
     @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(Certificate, types.uuid, status_code=200)
     def delete(self, certificate_uuid):
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/cert_mon/watcher.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/cert_mon/watcher.py
index 1677b46c85..11478a7eca 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/cert_mon/watcher.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/cert_mon/watcher.py
@@ -564,4 +564,4 @@ class RegistryCertRenew(PlatformCertRenew):
     def update_certificate(self, event_data):
         LOG.info('RegistryCertRenew: Secret changes detected. Initiating certificate update')
 
-        self.update_platform_certificate(event_data, constants.CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY)
+        self.update_platform_certificate(event_data, constants.CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY, force=True)
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
index e5c1b31533..370faf0af7 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/constants.py
@@ -1397,6 +1397,8 @@ CERT_MODES_SUPPORTED = [CERT_MODE_SSL,
                         CERT_MODE_OPENSTACK,
                         CERT_MODE_OPENSTACK_CA,
                         ]
+CERT_MODES_SUPPORTED_CERT_MANAGER = [CERT_MODE_SSL,
+                                     CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY]
 
 # CONFIG file permissions
 CONFIG_FILE_PERMISSION_ROOT_READ_ONLY = 0o400
@@ -1738,3 +1740,8 @@ ADMIN_EP_CERT_FORMAT = '{tls_key}'
 RESTAPI_CERT_SECRET_NAME = "system-restapi-gui-certificate"
 REGISTRY_CERT_SECRET_NAME = "system-registry-local-certificate"
 CERT_NAMESPACE_PLATFORM_CERTS = 'deployment'
+
+CERT_MODE_TO_SECRET_NAME = {
+    CERT_MODE_SSL: RESTAPI_CERT_SECRET_NAME,
+    CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY: REGISTRY_CERT_SECRET_NAME
+}
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/api/test_certificate.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/api/test_certificate.py
index c11223d2ce..c02ce4ecf7 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/api/test_certificate.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/api/test_certificate.py
@@ -523,9 +523,15 @@ class ApiCertificatePostTestSuite(ApiCertificateTestCaseMixin,
                                 'CA cert'
         self.assertIn(fault_string_expected, str(resp.get('error')))
 
-    # Test install ssl certificate signed by intermediate CA
+    # Test failed installation of ssl certificate managed by cert-manager
     def test_force_failure_install_ssl_certificate(self):
-        mode = 'ssl'
+        self.force_failure_install_certificate(constants.CERT_MODE_SSL)
+
+    # Test failed installation of docker_registry certificate managed by cert-manager
+    def test_force_failure_install_docker_registry_certificate(self):
+        self.force_failure_install_certificate(constants.CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY)
+
+    def force_failure_install_certificate(self, mode):
         certfile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data",
                                 'ssl-cert-2xcert-1xkey-with-key.pem')
 
@@ -560,9 +566,15 @@ class ApiCertificatePostTestSuite(ApiCertificateTestCaseMixin,
         fault_err_msg = "Certificate is currently being managed by cert-manager"
         self.assertIn(fault_err_msg, str(resp.get('error')))
 
-    # Test install ssl certificate signed by intermediate CA
+    # Test successful forced installation of ssl certificate managed by cert-manager
     def test_force_success_install_ssl_certificate(self):
-        mode = 'ssl'
+        self.force_success_install_certificate(constants.CERT_MODE_SSL)
+
+    # Test successful forced installation of docker_registry certificate managed by cert-manager
+    def test_force_success_install_docker_registry_certificate(self):
+        self.force_success_install_certificate(constants.CERT_MODE_DOCKER_REGISTRY)
+
+    def force_success_install_certificate(self, mode):
         certfile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data",
                                 'ssl-cert-2xcert-1xkey-with-key.pem')