diff --git a/scripts/operations/configuration/update_ims_data_files.py b/scripts/operations/configuration/update_ims_data_files.py
index c5a4845c40a1..fd8694b9c6cd 100755
--- a/scripts/operations/configuration/update_ims_data_files.py
+++ b/scripts/operations/configuration/update_ims_data_files.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # MIT License
 #
-# (C) Copyright 2023 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+# (C) Copyright 2023-2024 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -39,39 +39,66 @@
 # target for this update script)
 ImsPodDataDir = os.path.join("/", "var", "ims", "data")
 
+# Location of IMS app.py file with names of IMS data files in it
+ImsAppPyPath = os.path.join("/", "app", "src", "server", "app.py")
+
 # IMS data files will be named in one of two formats:
 # v#_<type>.json (e.g. v2_recipes.json)
 # or
 # v#.#_<type>.json (e.g. v3.1_recipes.json)
-ImsDataTypeRe = {
-    data_type: re.compile(f"^v[1-9][0-9]*(?:[.][1-9][0-9]*)?_{data_type}[.]json$")
+BaseImsDataTypePattern = {
+    data_type: fr"v[1-9][0-9]*(?:[.][1-9][0-9]*)?_{data_type}[.]json"
     for data_type in [ 'images', 'public_keys', 'recipes' ]
 }
 
+# In the app.py file, they will be surrounded by quotes
+ImsDataTypePattern = {
+    data_type: fr"'{regex}'|\"{regex}\""
+    for data_type, regex in BaseImsDataTypePattern.items()
+}
+
+ImsDataTypeRe = {
+    data_type: re.compile(regex)
+    for data_type, regex in ImsDataTypePattern.items()
+}
+
+
 class ImsDataError(Exception):
     """
     Base custom exception type for the script
     """
 
-def get_data_file_path(data_type: str) -> str:
+
+def get_data_file_path(data_type: str, ims_app_py_text: str) -> str:
     """
     data_type must be 'images', 'public_keys', or 'recipes'
-    Finds data file for that type in ImsPodDataDir directory and returns its path
+    Looks up the name for that file in the IMS app Python file
+    Finds that data file in ImsPodDataDir directory and returns its path
 
-    Raises ImsDataError exception if not found or if multiple found
+    Raises ImsDataError exception if not found (in app.py or in actual directory)
+    or if multiple found (in app.py)
     """
     try:
         file_re = ImsDataTypeRe[data_type]
     except KeyError as exc:
-        raise ImsDataError(f"get_data_file_basename: Invalid data_type specified: '{data_type}'") from exc
-    matching_files = [ file_name for file_name in os.listdir(ImsPodDataDir) if file_re.match(file_name) ]
-    if len(matching_files) > 1:
-        raise ImsDataError(f"Multiple {data_type} data files found in directory '{ImsPodDataDir}': "
-                           ", ".join(matching_files))
+        raise ImsDataError(
+            f"get_data_file_path: Invalid data_type specified: '{data_type}'") from exc
+    # Strip away surrounding quotes from the names
+    matching_filenames = [ file_name[1:-1] for file_name in file_re.findall(ims_app_py_text) ]
+    if len(matching_filenames) > 1:
+        raise ImsDataError(f"Multiple {data_type} data files found in {ImsAppPyPath}: " +
+                           ", ".join(matching_filenames))
     try:
-        return os.path.join(ImsPodDataDir, matching_files[0])
+        data_file_path = os.path.join(ImsPodDataDir, matching_filenames[0])
     except IndexError as exc:
-        raise ImsDataError(f"No {data_type} data file found in directory '{ImsPodDataDir}'") from exc
+        raise ImsDataError(
+            f"No filename found for data type {data_type} in {ImsAppPyPath}") from exc
+    if os.path.isfile(data_file_path):
+        return data_file_path
+    if os.path.exists(data_file_path):
+        raise ImsDataError(f"Data file exists but is not a regular file: {data_file_path}")
+    raise ImsDataError(f"Data file does not exist: {data_file_path}")
+
 
 def main() -> None:
     """
@@ -81,12 +108,18 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     Exceptions are raised if anything goes wrong.
     """
+    # Read in the data to be imported
     with open(DataFilePath, "rt") as datafile:
         loaded_ims_data = json.load(datafile)
 
+    # Read in the contents of the app.py file (needed to know the correct names for the IMS data files)
+    with open(ImsAppPyPath, "rt") as appfile:
+        ims_app_py_text = appfile.read()
+
     # This just serves as a double check that the JSON file has all of these fields
     updated_ims_data = { data_type: loaded_ims_data[data_type] for data_type in ImsDataTypeRe }
-    ims_output_file = { data_type: get_data_file_path(data_type) for data_type in ImsDataTypeRe }
+    ims_output_file = { data_type: get_data_file_path(data_type, ims_app_py_text)
+                        for data_type in ImsDataTypeRe }
 
     for data_type, updated_data in updated_ims_data.items():
         with open(ims_output_file[data_type], "wt") as outfile:
@@ -94,5 +127,6 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     print("IMS data update successful")
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()