diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6dfcbf8..5ba5b9ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ When you run `bazel run ///helloworld:mynamespace.apply`, it applies this file i
 | ***deps_aliases***        | `{}`           | A dict of labels of file dependencies. File dependency contents are available for template expansion in manifests as `{{imports.<label>}}`. Each dependency in this dictionary should be present in the `deps` attribute.
 | ***objects***             | `[]`           | A list of other instances of `k8s_deploy` that this one depends on. See [Adding Dependencies](#adding-dependencies).
 | ***images***              | `{}`           | A dict of labels of Docker images. See [Injecting Docker Images](#injecting-docker-images).
+| ***remote_tags***         | None           | A list of tags to push the image to
 | ***image_digest_tag***    | `False`        | A flag for whether or not to tag the image with the container digest.
 | ***image_registry***      | `docker.io`    | The registry to push images to.
 | ***image_repository***    | `None`         | The repository to push images to. By default, this is generated from the current package path.
diff --git a/gitops/testing/BUILD.bazel b/gitops/testing/BUILD.bazel
index bcd16729..d50434a2 100644
--- a/gitops/testing/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/gitops/testing/BUILD.bazel
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ push_oci(
     image = "//skylib/kustomize/tests:image",
     registry = "gcr.io",
     repository = "repo/imagethere",
-    tag = "thetag",
 )
 
 k8s_deploy(
diff --git a/push_oci/push_oci.bzl b/push_oci/push_oci.bzl
index b54fa7bc..1ec7aa8b 100644
--- a/push_oci/push_oci.bzl
+++ b/push_oci/push_oci.bzl
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 """
 Implementation of the `k8s_push` rule based on rules_oci
 """
-
-load("@bazel_skylib//rules:write_file.bzl", "write_file")
-
 # TODO: remove this once rules_oci is updated
 # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 load("@rules_oci//oci/private:push.bzl", "oci_push_lib")
@@ -99,22 +96,61 @@ push_oci_rule = rule(
     # provides = [GitopsPushInfo, DefaultInfo],
 )
 
+
+def _write_tag_file_impl(ctx):
+    jq_bin = ctx.toolchains["@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:jq_toolchain_type"].jqinfo.bin
+    remote_tags = "\n".join(ctx.attr.remote_tags)
+    command = ""
+    if ctx.attr.remote_tags:
+        command += 'echo "${3}" > ${4}\n'
+    if ctx.attr.image_digest_tag:
+        command += "${1} --raw-output '.manifests[].digest' ${2}/index.json | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -c 1-7 >> ${4}\n"
+
+    ctx.actions.run_shell(
+        inputs = [ctx.file.image],
+        outputs = [ctx.outputs.out],
+        arguments = [jq_bin.path, ctx.file.image.path, remote_tags, ctx.outputs.out.path],
+        command = command,
+        progress_message = "Extracting digest from %s" % ctx.file.image.short_path,
+        tools = [jq_bin],
+    )
+
+    files = depset(direct = [ctx.outputs.out])
+    return [DefaultInfo(files = files)]
+
+write_tag_file_rule = rule(
+    implementation = _write_tag_file_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "image": attr.label(
+            allow_single_file = True,
+            mandatory = True,
+        ),
+        "remote_tags": attr.string_list(),
+        "image_digest_tag": attr.bool(default = False),
+        "out": attr.output(mandatory = True),
+        "_jq": oci_push_lib.attrs['_jq'],
+    },
+    toolchains = ["@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:jq_toolchain_type"] + oci_push_lib.toolchains,
+)
+
+
 def push_oci(
         name,
         image,
         repository,
         registry = None,
         image_digest_tag = False,  # buildifier: disable=unused-variable either remove parameter or implement
-        tag = None,
         remote_tags = None,  # file with tags to push
         tags = [],  # bazel tags to add to the push_oci_rule
         visibility = None):
-    if tag:
+    if remote_tags or image_digest_tag:
         tags_label = "_{}_write_tags".format(name)
-        write_file(
+        write_tag_file_rule(
             name = tags_label,
+            image = image,
+            remote_tags = remote_tags,
+            image_digest_tag = image_digest_tag,
             out = "_{}.tags.txt".format(name),
-            content = remote_tags,
         )
         remote_tags = tags_label
 
diff --git a/skylib/k8s.bzl b/skylib/k8s.bzl
index b73201db..73f1da81 100644
--- a/skylib/k8s.bzl
+++ b/skylib/k8s.bzl
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ show = rule(
     executable = True,
 )
 
-def _image_pushes(name_suffix, images, image_registry, image_repository, image_digest_tag, tags = []):
+def _image_pushes(name_suffix, images, image_registry, image_repository, image_digest_tag, remote_tags = None, tags = []):
     image_pushes = []
 
     def process_image(image_label, image_alias = None):
         rule_name_parts = [image_label, image_registry, image_repository]
+        if remote_tags:
+            rule_name_parts = rule_name_parts + remote_tags
         rule_name_parts = [p for p in rule_name_parts if p]
         rule_name = "_".join(rule_name_parts)
         rule_name = rule_name.replace("/", "_").replace(":", "_").replace("@", "_").replace(".", "_")
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ def _image_pushes(name_suffix, images, image_registry, image_repository, image_d
                 registry = image_registry,
                 repository = image_repository,
                 tags = tags,
+                remote_tags = remote_tags,
                 visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
             )
         if not image_alias:
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ def k8s_deploy(
         image_digest_tag = False,
         image_registry = "docker.io",  # registry to push container to. jenkins will need an access configured for gitops to work. Ignored for mynamespace.
         image_repository = None,  # repository (registry path) to push container to. Generated from the image bazel path if empty.
+        remote_tags = None, # tags to push to the registry
         objects = [],
         gitops = True,  # make sure to use gitops = False to work with individual namespace. This option will be turned False if namespace is '{BUILD_USER}'
         gitops_path = "cloud",
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ def k8s_deploy(
         release_branch_prefix = "main",
         start_tag = "{{",
         end_tag = "}}",
-        tags = [],  # tags to add to all generated rules.
+        tags = [],  # bazel tags to add to all generated rules.
         visibility = None):
     """ k8s_deploy
     """
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ def k8s_deploy(
             image_registry = image_registry + "/mynamespace",
             image_repository = image_repository,
             image_digest_tag = image_digest_tag,
+            remote_tags = remote_tags,
             tags = tags,
         )
         kustomize(
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ def k8s_deploy(
             image_registry = image_registry,
             image_repository = image_repository,
             image_digest_tag = image_digest_tag,
+            remote_tags = remote_tags,
             tags = tags,
         )
         kustomize(