diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Include/Atom/Utils/ImageComparison.h b/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Include/Atom/Utils/ImageComparison.h
index 58c3a1bd48..975d9a4321 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Include/Atom/Utils/ImageComparison.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Include/Atom/Utils/ImageComparison.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace AZ
         };
 
         //! Calculates the maximum difference of the rgb channels between two image buffers.
-        int16_t CalcMaxChannelDifference(AZStd::array_view<uint8_t> bufferA, AZStd::array_view<uint8_t> bufferB, size_t index);
+        int16_t CalcMaxChannelDifference(AZStd::span<const uint8_t> bufferA, AZStd::span<const uint8_t> bufferB, size_t index);
 
         //! Compares two images and returns the RMS (root mean square) of the difference.
         //! @param buffer[A|B] the raw buffer of image data
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Source/ImageComparison.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Source/ImageComparison.cpp
index 6fcc316791..16cb449516 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Source/ImageComparison.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Utils/Code/Source/ImageComparison.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace AZ
 {
     namespace Utils
     {
-        int16_t CalcMaxChannelDifference(AZStd::array_view<uint8_t> bufferA, AZStd::array_view<uint8_t> bufferB, size_t index)
+        int16_t CalcMaxChannelDifference(AZStd::span<const uint8_t> bufferA, AZStd::span<const uint8_t> bufferB, size_t index)
         {
             // We use the max error from a single channel instead of accumulating the error from each channel.
             // This normalizes differences so that for example black vs red has the same weight as black vs yellow.