diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 3dd4634c..0cf24d2a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module(
     compatibility_level = 1,
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "2.0.0-beta0")
+bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "2.0.0-rc0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.4.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.5")
 
diff --git a/oci/dependencies.bzl b/oci/dependencies.bzl
index 52f6e5ff..747b6c55 100644
--- a/oci/dependencies.bzl
+++ b/oci/dependencies.bzl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def rules_oci_dependencies():
 
     http_archive(
         name = "aspect_bazel_lib",
-        sha256 = "39ecbb25198950bab1cddc0f36e271f95a3e8bdb102c70e5c3ca6beb48602799",
-        strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.0.0-beta0",
-        url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.0.0-beta0/bazel-lib-v2.0.0-beta0.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "91acfc0ef798d3c87639cbfdb6274845ad70edbddfd92e49ac70944f08f97f58",
+        strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.0.0-rc0",
+        url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.0.0-rc0/bazel-lib-v2.0.0-rc0.tar.gz",
     )
diff --git a/oci/private/tarball.sh.tpl b/oci/private/tarball.sh.tpl
index 9bbfa4ff..ea66fd11 100644
--- a/oci/private/tarball.sh.tpl
+++ b/oci/private/tarball.sh.tpl
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ mtree=$(mktemp)
 function add_to_tar() {
     content=$1
     tar_path=$2
-    local mtree_flags="uid=0 gid=0 mode=0755 time=1672560000 type=file"
-    echo >>"${mtree}" "${tar_path} ${mtree_flags} content=${content}"
+    echo >>"${mtree}" "${tar_path} uid=0 gid=0 mode=0755 time=1672560000 type=file content=${content}"
 }
 
 MANIFEST_DIGEST=$(${YQ} eval '.manifests[0].digest | sub(":"; "/")' "${IMAGE_DIR}/index.json" | tr  -d '"')
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ layers="${LAYERS}" \
         --null-input '.[0] = {"Config": env(config), "RepoTags": "${repo_tags}" | envsubst | split("%") | map(select(. != "")) , "Layers": env(layers) | map( "blobs/" + . + ".tar.gz") }' \
         --output-format json > "${manifest_json}"
 
-add_to_tar "${manifest_json}" "manifest.json"
+add_to_tar "${manifest_json}@HOM" "manifest.json"
 
 # We've created the manifest, now hand it off to tar to create our final output
 "${TAR}" --create --file "${TARBALL_PATH}" "@${mtree}"