diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4c151bad..354a1307 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -284,6 +284,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	github.com/opencontainers/umoci => github.com/project-stacker/umoci v0.0.0-20240417195808-16c510104378
+	github.com/opencontainers/umoci => github.com/rchincha/umoci v0.0.0-20240624222738-f537fd2733f9
 	stackerbuild.io/stacker-bom => github.com/project-stacker/stacker-bom v0.0.0-20240509203427-4d685e046780
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b0cc8ad9..bda24529 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -795,8 +795,6 @@ github.com/proglottis/gpgme v0.1.3 h1:Crxx0oz4LKB3QXc5Ea0J19K/3ICfy3ftr5exgUK1AU
 github.com/proglottis/gpgme v0.1.3/go.mod h1:fPbW/EZ0LvwQtH8Hy7eixhp1eF3G39dtx7GUN+0Gmy0=
 github.com/project-stacker/stacker-bom v0.0.0-20240509203427-4d685e046780 h1:VJQ/G6xlNQqEvdzTdtXJ/XNvxv9LQTDJORik1wuxXJU=
 github.com/project-stacker/stacker-bom v0.0.0-20240509203427-4d685e046780/go.mod h1:S7hlUdKwPKIMNx2ceiqmLKyXq+FOVaVnAuk77AzdhtI=
-github.com/project-stacker/umoci v0.0.0-20240417195808-16c510104378 h1:NHGVwIe0Icrbn8b7WW55FQjETHm5B0i6Gt6UZmzaF9A=
-github.com/project-stacker/umoci v0.0.0-20240417195808-16c510104378/go.mod h1:XUXUpCpA/Y8aJWezK1i8o4WDR0Y/vhMcWg+FUNQkKMQ=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
@@ -818,6 +816,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.8/go.mod h1:7Qr8sr6344vo1JqZ6HhLceV9o3AJ1Ff+Gx
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1xBZuNvfVA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
+github.com/rchincha/umoci v0.0.0-20240624222738-f537fd2733f9 h1:zVLb+d07fy3soRSqjhreRNkfQjYqoEF4bNnoVLMC9DE=
+github.com/rchincha/umoci v0.0.0-20240624222738-f537fd2733f9/go.mod h1:XUXUpCpA/Y8aJWezK1i8o4WDR0Y/vhMcWg+FUNQkKMQ=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec h1:W09IVJc94icq4NjY3clb7Lk8O1qJ8BdBEF8z0ibU0rE=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
diff --git a/pkg/overlay/overlay-dirs.go b/pkg/overlay/overlay-dirs.go
index 249642f5..9f4d46b5 100644
--- a/pkg/overlay/overlay-dirs.go
+++ b/pkg/overlay/overlay-dirs.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func generateOverlayDirLayer(name string, layerType types.LayerType, overlayDir
 	defer oci.Close()
 
 	contents := path.Join(config.RootFSDir, name, "overlay_dirs", path.Base(overlayDir.Source))
-	blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, contents, config.OCIDir)
+	blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, contents, config.OCIDir, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ispec.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/overlay/pack.go b/pkg/overlay/pack.go
index 3a6cc7d7..2f32179d 100644
--- a/pkg/overlay/pack.go
+++ b/pkg/overlay/pack.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func ConvertAndOutput(config types.StackerConfig, tag, name string, layerType ty
 		bundlePath := overlayPath(config.RootFSDir, theLayer.Digest)
 		overlayDir := path.Join(bundlePath, "overlay")
 		// generate blob
-		blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, overlayDir, config.OCIDir)
+		blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, overlayDir, config.OCIDir, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@ func (o *overlay) Repack(name string, layerTypes []types.LayerType, sfm types.St
 }
 
 // generateBlob generates either a tar blob or a squashfs blob based on layerType
-func generateBlob(layerType types.LayerType, contents string, ociDir string) (io.ReadCloser, string, string, error) {
+func generateBlob(layerType types.LayerType, contents string, ociDir string, lowerDirs []string) (io.ReadCloser, string, string, error) {
 	var blob io.ReadCloser
 	var err error
 	var mediaType string
 	var rootHash string
 	if layerType.Type == "tar" {
-		packOptions := layer.RepackOptions{TranslateOverlayWhiteouts: true}
+		packOptions := layer.RepackOptions{TranslateOverlayWhiteouts: true, OverlayLowerDirs: lowerDirs}
 		blob = layer.GenerateInsertLayer(contents, "/", false, &packOptions)
 		mediaType = ispec.MediaTypeImageLayer
 	} else {
@@ -430,12 +430,22 @@ func generateLayer(config types.StackerConfig, oci casext.Engine, mutators []*mu
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	ovl, err := readOverlayMetadata(config.RootFSDir, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
 	descs := []ispec.Descriptor{}
 	for i, layerType := range layerTypes {
 		mutator := mutators[i]
 		var desc ispec.Descriptor
 
-		blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, dir, config.OCIDir)
+		lowerDirs := []string{}
+		for i := len(ovl.Manifests[layerType].Layers) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+			lowerDirs = append(lowerDirs, overlayPath(config.RootFSDir, ovl.Manifests[layerType].Layers[i].Digest))
+		}
+
+		blob, mediaType, rootHash, err := generateBlob(layerType, dir, config.OCIDir, lowerDirs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}