diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
index 1d53a730356ef..17e1b08b482e7 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ def ci_image_build(self) -> bool:
             or self.docs_build
             or self.run_kubernetes_tests
             or self.needs_helm_tests
+            or self.run_ui_tests
             or self.pyproject_toml_changed
             or self.any_provider_yaml_or_pyproject_toml_changed
         )
diff --git a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
index 84e7795c3be9e..00acb4634f356 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ def assert_outputs_are_printed(expected_outputs: dict[str, str], stderr: str):
                     "all-python-versions-list-as-string": DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION,
                     "python-versions": f"['{DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION}']",
                     "python-versions-list-as-string": DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION,
-                    "ci-image-build": "false",
+                    "ci-image-build": "true",
                     "prod-image-build": "false",
                     "needs-helm-tests": "false",
                     "run-tests": "false",