diff --git a/checkov/circleci_pipelines/runner.py b/checkov/circleci_pipelines/runner.py
index 25cb243dd31..6ba1a66dd3a 100644
--- a/checkov/circleci_pipelines/runner.py
+++ b/checkov/circleci_pipelines/runner.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get_resource(self, file_path: str, key: str, supported_entities: Iterable[st
             new_key = f'jobs({job_name}).docker.image{image_name}' if job_name else "jobs"
         elif 'executors.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}':
             executor_name = self.resolve_sub_name(definition, start_line, end_line, tag='executors')
-            image_name = self.resolve_image_name(definition['jobs'].get(executor_name), start_line, end_line)
+            image_name = self.resolve_image_name(definition['executors'].get(executor_name), start_line, end_line)
             new_key = f'executors({executor_name}).docker.image{image_name}' if executor_name else "executors"
         return new_key
 
diff --git a/tests/circleci_pipelines/image_referencer/test_provider.py b/tests/circleci_pipelines/image_referencer/test_provider.py
index f022c12334a..4f342a9000b 100644
--- a/tests/circleci_pipelines/image_referencer/test_provider.py
+++ b/tests/circleci_pipelines/image_referencer/test_provider.py
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ def test_extract_images_from_workflow_no_images(circle_ci_filepath_workflow_no_i
         (21,
          22,
          'jobs',
-        ('jobs.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}',),
+         ('jobs.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}',),
          'jobs.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}.jobs.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}.CKV_CIRCLECIPIPELINES_1[85:86]',
          "jobs(test-docker-versioned-img).docker.image[1](mongo:2.6.8)"),
-    ],
+        (16,
+         18,
+         'executors',
+         ('executors.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}',),
+         'executors.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}.executors.*.docker[].{image: image, __startline__: __startline__, __endline__:__endline__}.CKV_CIRCLECIPIPELINES_8[16:18]',
+         "executors(image-executor).docker.image[1](mongo:2.6.8)")
+    ]
 )
 def test_generate_resource_key_generates_same_key_as_get_resource(file_path,
                                                                   start_line, end_line, tag,