diff --git a/kubernetes/Dockerfile.image-committer b/kubernetes/Dockerfile.image-committer
index c4269ad64..708ebb202 100644
--- a/kubernetes/Dockerfile.image-committer
+++ b/kubernetes/Dockerfile.image-committer
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ COPY cmd/image-committer/ cmd/image-committer/
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /usr/local/bin/image-committer ./cmd/image-committer/
 
 # Runtime stage
-FROM alpine:3.19
+# Alpine 3.21 provides nerdctl 2.x. nerdctl 2.x restores image content that
+# containerd may discard after CRI unpack before committing a new image.
+FROM alpine:3.21
 
 # Use Aliyun mirror for faster downloads in China
 RUN sed -i 's/dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/mirrors.aliyun.com/g' /etc/apk/repositories
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     jq \
     nerdctl
 
+# Missing-content recovery before commit was added in nerdctl 2.0.
+RUN nerdctl --version | grep -Eq 'nerdctl version ([2-9]|[1-9][0-9]+)\.'
+
 # Create directory for containerd socket mount
 RUN mkdir -p /var/run/containerd
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main.go b/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main.go
index 7717fdf16..43f9b8fce 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main.go
+++ b/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -546,12 +547,7 @@ func pushImage(targetImage string) error {
 		fmt.Println("No registry credentials found, assuming insecure or pre-authenticated registry")
 	}
 
-	// Build push options
-	pushOpts := append(nerdctlBaseArgs(), "push")
-	if isInsecure {
-		pushOpts = append(pushOpts, "--insecure-registry")
-	}
-	pushOpts = append(pushOpts, targetImage)
+	pushOpts := nerdctlPushArgs(targetImage, isInsecure)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("nerdctl", pushOpts...)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
@@ -562,6 +558,18 @@ func pushImage(targetImage string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func runtimePlatform() string {
+	return runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH
+}
+
+func nerdctlPushArgs(targetImage string, insecure bool) []string {
+	args := append(nerdctlBaseArgs(), "push", "--platform", runtimePlatform())
+	if insecure {
+		args = append(args, "--insecure-registry")
+	}
+	return append(args, targetImage)
+}
+
 // nerdctlLogin extracts credentials from a Docker config.json and runs nerdctl login.
 func nerdctlLogin(configPath, registryHost string, insecure bool) error {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
diff --git a/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main_test.go b/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main_test.go
index df9add332..5de13da8b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main_test.go
+++ b/kubernetes/cmd/image-committer/main_test.go
@@ -173,6 +173,25 @@ func contains(values []string, target string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func TestNerdctlPushArgsSelectsRuntimePlatform(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("CONTAINERD_SOCKET", "/test/containerd.sock")
+	t.Setenv("CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE", "test-ns")
+
+	args := nerdctlPushArgs("registry.example.com/test/image:snap", true)
+
+	want := []string{
+		"--address", "/test/containerd.sock",
+		"--namespace", "test-ns",
+		"push",
+		"--platform", runtimePlatform(),
+		"--insecure-registry",
+		"registry.example.com/test/image:snap",
+	}
+	if strings.Join(args, "\x00") != strings.Join(want, "\x00") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected nerdctl push args: got %v, want %v", args, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSyncRunningContainerFilesystemsSyncsEveryRunningContainerAndSkipsStopped(t *testing.T) {
 	original := commandCombinedOutput
 	t.Cleanup(func() { commandCombinedOutput = original })