diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplate.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplate.java
index 2d5fd641c0..d0debc8dff 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplate.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplate.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.tools.jib.docker.json;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.google.cloud.tools.jib.json.JsonTemplate;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
  * @see <a href="https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/image/tarexport/load.go">Docker load
  *     source</a>
  */
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class DockerManifestEntryTemplate implements JsonTemplate {
 
   @JsonProperty("Config")
diff --git a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplateTest.java b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplateTest.java
index 25051ac2f1..142522118e 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplateTest.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/json/DockerManifestEntryTemplateTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void testToJson() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
   @Test
   public void testFromJson() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     // Loads the expected JSON string.
-    Path jsonFile = Paths.get(Resources.getResource("core/json/loadmanifest.json").toURI());
+    Path jsonFile = Paths.get(Resources.getResource("core/json/loadmanifest2.json").toURI());
     String sourceJson = new String(Files.readAllBytes(jsonFile), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     DockerManifestEntryTemplate template =
         new ObjectMapper().readValue(sourceJson, DockerManifestEntryTemplate[].class)[0];
diff --git a/jib-core/src/test/resources/core/json/loadmanifest2.json b/jib-core/src/test/resources/core/json/loadmanifest2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbe7173f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jib-core/src/test/resources/core/json/loadmanifest2.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[{"Config":"config.json","RepoTags":["testregistry/testrepo:testtag"],"Layers":["layer1.tar.gz","layer2.tar.gz","layer3.tar.gz"],"LayerSources":{}}]