diff --git a/src/pkg/packager/prepare.go b/src/pkg/packager/prepare.go
index 7a1df0b982..ee8e59087c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/packager/prepare.go
+++ b/src/pkg/packager/prepare.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (p *Packager) FindImages() (imgMap map[string][]string, err error) {
 	erroredCharts := []string{}
 	erroredCosignLookups := []string{}
 	whyResources := []string{}
+	erroredShaLookups := []string{}
 
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -232,7 +233,14 @@ func (p *Packager) FindImages() (imgMap map[string][]string, err error) {
 			for _, image := range sortedImages {
 				// Use print because we want this dumped to stdout
 				imagesMap[component.Name] = append(imagesMap[component.Name], image)
-				componentDefinition += fmt.Sprintf("      - %s\n", image)
+				imageWithSha, err := utils.GetImageWithSha(image)
+				if err != nil {
+					message.WarnErrf(err, "Problem getting image with sha for %s: %s", image, err.Error())
+					erroredShaLookups = append(erroredShaLookups, image)
+					continue
+				}
+				message.Debugf("Image with sha: %s", imageWithSha)
+				componentDefinition += fmt.Sprintf("      - %s\n", imageWithSha)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -303,7 +311,7 @@ func (p *Packager) FindImages() (imgMap map[string][]string, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(erroredCharts) > 0 || len(erroredCosignLookups) > 0 {
+	if len(erroredCharts) > 0 || len(erroredCosignLookups) > 0 || len(erroredShaLookups) > 0 {
 		errMsg := ""
 		if len(erroredCharts) > 0 {
 			errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("the following charts had errors: %s", erroredCharts)
@@ -314,6 +322,12 @@ func (p *Packager) FindImages() (imgMap map[string][]string, err error) {
 			}
 			errMsg += fmt.Sprintf("the following images errored on cosign lookups: %s", erroredCosignLookups)
 		}
+		if len(erroredShaLookups) > 0 {
+			if errMsg != "" {
+				errMsg += "\n"
+			}
+			errMsg += fmt.Sprintf("the following images errored on sha lookups: %s", erroredShaLookups)
+		}
 		return imagesMap, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/utils/image.go b/src/pkg/utils/image.go
index 0154953117..4d4c7a1b7b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/utils/image.go
+++ b/src/pkg/utils/image.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/crane"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/pkg/transform"
 	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/pkg/utils/helpers"
@@ -17,6 +19,21 @@ import (
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
+// GetImageWithSha returns the image reference and the sha256 digest of the image.
+func GetImageWithSha(imgSrc string) (string, error) {
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile(`^.*@sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$`)
+	if regex.MatchString(imgSrc) {
+		return imgSrc, nil
+	}
+
+	imgDescriptor, err := crane.Head(imgSrc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", imgSrc, imgDescriptor.Digest), nil
+}
+
 // LoadOCIImage returns a v1.Image with the image ref specified from a location provided, or an error if the image cannot be found.
 func LoadOCIImage(imgPath string, refInfo transform.Image) (v1.Image, error) {
 	// Use the manifest within the index.json to load the specific image we want
diff --git a/src/test/packages/13-find-images/dos-games-find-images-expected.txt b/src/test/packages/13-find-images/dos-games-find-images-expected.txt
index 8d661f4e52..26535892a7 100644
--- a/src/test/packages/13-find-images/dos-games-find-images-expected.txt
+++ b/src/test/packages/13-find-images/dos-games-find-images-expected.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ components:
 
   - name: baseline
     images:
-      - defenseunicorns/zarf-game:multi-tile-dark
+      - defenseunicorns/zarf-game:multi-tile-dark@sha256:0b694ca1c33afae97b7471488e07968599f1d2470c629f76af67145ca64428af
       # Cosign artifacts for images - dos-games - baseline
       - index.docker.io/defenseunicorns/zarf-game:sha256-0b694ca1c33afae97b7471488e07968599f1d2470c629f76af67145ca64428af.sig