diff --git a/pkg/builds/cosa_v1.go b/pkg/builds/cosa_v1.go
index 03ce3a2e21..a77967e37e 100644
--- a/pkg/builds/cosa_v1.go
+++ b/pkg/builds/cosa_v1.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package builds
 
 // generated by 'make schema'
-// source hash: 4289a52f5ee4665caa5432d9caa653b74605117632ac045955912e624d149524
+// source hash: 11704f512a9b6e0c5ac178a9917e03a05ea10a7878ef9b5c0a6695d52c9cd7f5
 
 type AdvisoryDiff []AdvisoryDiffItems
 
@@ -182,11 +182,12 @@ type PackageSetDifferences []PackageSetDifferencesItems
 type PackageSetDifferencesItems interface{}
 
 type PrimaryImage struct {
-	AdditionalImages []interface{}     `json:"additional-images,omitempty"`
-	Comment          string            `json:"comment,omitempty"`
-	Digest           string            `json:"digest,omitempty"`
-	Image            string            `json:"image"`
-	Tags             []PrimaryImageTag `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	AdditionalImages   []interface{}     `json:"additional-images,omitempty"`
+	Comment            string            `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+	Digest             string            `json:"digest,omitempty"`
+	Image              string            `json:"image"`
+	ManifestListDigest string            `json:"manifest-list-digest,omitempty"`
+	Tags               []PrimaryImageTag `json:"tags,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type PrimaryImageTag string
diff --git a/pkg/builds/schema_doc.go b/pkg/builds/schema_doc.go
index 1648c60d33..73c4c1489d 100644
--- a/pkg/builds/schema_doc.go
+++ b/pkg/builds/schema_doc.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Generated by ./generate-schema.sh
-// Source hash: 4289a52f5ee4665caa5432d9caa653b74605117632ac045955912e624d149524
+// Source hash: 11704f512a9b6e0c5ac178a9917e03a05ea10a7878ef9b5c0a6695d52c9cd7f5
 // DO NOT EDIT
 
 package builds
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ var generatedSchemaJSON = `{
       ],
       "optional": [
         "digest",
+        "manifest-list-digest",
         "tags",
         "comment",
         "additional-images"
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ var generatedSchemaJSON = `{
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Digest"
         },
+        "manifest-list-digest": {
+          "$id": "#/image/manifest-list-digest",
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Manifest List Digest"
+        },
         "comment": {
           "$id": "#/image/comment",
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/src/cmd-coreos-prune b/src/cmd-coreos-prune
index 767eaa1df0..7c5690f56e 100755
--- a/src/cmd-coreos-prune
+++ b/src/cmd-coreos-prune
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Build = collections.namedtuple("Build", ["id", "images", "arch", "meta_json"])
 # set metadata caching to 5m
 CACHE_MAX_AGE_METADATA = 60 * 5
 # These lists are up to date as of schema hash
-# 4289a52f5ee4665caa5432d9caa653b74605117632ac045955912e624d149524. If changing
+# 11704f512a9b6e0c5ac178a9917e03a05ea10a7878ef9b5c0a6695d52c9cd7f5. If changing
 # this hash, ensure that the list of SUPPORTED and UNSUPPORTED artifacts below
 # is up to date.
 SUPPORTED = ["amis", "aws-winli", "gcp"]
diff --git a/src/cmd-push-container-manifest b/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
index 1f313ba199..2256195bf0 100755
--- a/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
+++ b/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def main():
             return
 
         # Create/Upload the manifest list to the container registry
-        manifest_info = create_and_push_container_manifest(
+        manifest_digest, manifest_info = create_and_push_container_manifest(
             args.repo, args.tags, images, args.write_digest_to_file, args.v2s2)
         # if we pushed in v2s2 mode, we need to reload from the repo the actual
         # final digests: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/16603
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def main():
             image = {
                 'image': args.repo,
                 'digest': manifest['digest'],
+                'manifest-list-digest': manifest_digest,
                 'tags': args.tags
             }
             if buildmetas[arch].get(args.metajsonname):
diff --git a/src/cmd-sign b/src/cmd-sign
index 3b06845875..80cf584be0 100755
--- a/src/cmd-sign
+++ b/src/cmd-sign
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ def parse_args():
                          "public keys to use for signature verification",
                          default="/etc/pki/rpm-gpg")
     robosig.add_argument("--s3-sigstore", help="bucket and prefix to S3 sigstore")
-    robosig.add_argument("--manifest-list-digest", metavar="ALGO:DIGEST",
-                         help="digest to manifest list to also sign")
     robosig.add_argument("--verify-only", action='store_true',
                          help="verify only that the sigs are valid and make public")
     robosig.set_defaults(func=cmd_robosignatory)
@@ -313,6 +311,7 @@ def robosign_oci(args, s3, build, gpgkey):
     # in containers-signature(5) to refer to how users will actually be pulling
     # the image (which is usually by tag).
     identities = {}
+    manifest_list_digest = None
     for arch in builds.get_build_arches(args.build):
         build = builds.get_build_meta(args.build, arch)
         image = build.get('base-oscontainer')
@@ -325,15 +324,19 @@ def robosign_oci(args, s3, build, gpgkey):
         for tag in image['tags']:
             identity = f"{image['image']}:{tag}"
             identities.setdefault(identity, []).append(image['digest'])
+            print(f"Signing for {identity} with digest {image['digest']} ({arch})")
+            if manifest_list_digest is None:
+                manifest_list_digest = image.get('manifest-list-digest')
 
     # For the manifest list digest, reuse the tags from the x86_64 build. As
     # mentioned above, it's the same tags on all arches.
-    if args.manifest_list_digest:
+    if manifest_list_digest:
         build = builds.get_build_meta(args.build, 'x86_64')
         image = build.get('base-oscontainer')
         for tag in image['tags']:
             identity = f"{image['image']}:{tag}"
-            identities[identity].append(args.manifest_list_digest)
+            identities[identity].append(manifest_list_digest)
+            print(f"Signing for {identity} with digest {manifest_list_digest} (manifest list)")
 
     # add the git commit of ourselves in the signatures for bookkeeping
     creator = 'coreos-assembler'
diff --git a/src/cosalib/container_manifest.py b/src/cosalib/container_manifest.py
index a7d8dac367..4fdaee9fec 100644
--- a/src/cosalib/container_manifest.py
+++ b/src/cosalib/container_manifest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import tempfile
 
 from cosalib.cmdlib import runcmd
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def delete_local_container_imgref(repo, tag):
     runcmd(cmd)
 
 
-def push_container_manifest(repo, tags, write_digest_to_file, v2s2=False):
+def push_container_manifest(repo, tags, write_digest_to_file, v2s2=False) -> str:
     '''
     Push manifest to registry
     @param repo str registry repository
@@ -66,14 +67,21 @@ def push_container_manifest(repo, tags, write_digest_to_file, v2s2=False):
         # to create a manifest with 2 different mediaType. It seems to be
         # a Quay issue.
         base_cmd.extend(["--remove-signatures", "-f", "v2s2"])
-    if write_digest_to_file:
-        base_cmd.extend(["--digestfile", write_digest_to_file])
-    runcmd(base_cmd + [f"{repo}:{tags[0]}"])
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='r+', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        runcmd(base_cmd + [f"{repo}:{tags[0]}", "--digestfile", f.name])
+        digest = f.read()
+        if write_digest_to_file:
+            with open(write_digest_to_file, mode='w', encoding='utf-8') as g:
+                g.write(digest)
+
     for tag in tags[1:]:
         runcmd(base_cmd + [f"{repo}:{tag}"])
 
+    return digest
+
 
-def create_and_push_container_manifest(repo, tags, images, write_digest_to_file, v2s2) -> dict:
+def create_and_push_container_manifest(repo, tags, images, write_digest_to_file, v2s2) -> tuple[str, dict]:
     '''
     Do it all! Create, push, cleanup, and return the final manifest JSON.
     @param repo str registry repository
@@ -85,6 +93,6 @@ def create_and_push_container_manifest(repo, tags, images, write_digest_to_file,
         # perhaps left over from a previous failed run -> delete
         delete_local_container_imgref(repo, tags[0])
     manifest_info = create_local_container_manifest(repo, tags[0], images)
-    push_container_manifest(repo, tags, write_digest_to_file, v2s2)
+    manifest_digest = push_container_manifest(repo, tags, write_digest_to_file, v2s2)
     delete_local_container_imgref(repo, tags[0])
-    return manifest_info
+    return (manifest_digest, manifest_info)
diff --git a/src/v1.json b/src/v1.json
index a17b2f07f4..5337efc046 100644
--- a/src/v1.json
+++ b/src/v1.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
       ],
       "optional": [
         "digest",
+        "manifest-list-digest",
         "tags",
         "comment",
         "additional-images"
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Digest"
         },
+        "manifest-list-digest": {
+          "$id": "#/image/manifest-list-digest",
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Manifest List Digest"
+        },
         "comment": {
           "$id": "#/image/comment",
           "type": "string",