diff --git a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
index 8f5612c34b..66473fca4d 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func NewOCIArtifactPull(ctx context.Context, dirs *define.MachineDirs, endpoint
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to add version tag to %q: %w", endpoint, err)
 				}
 				endpoint = "docker://" + taggedRef.String()
+				cache = true
 			}
 		}
 		// If parsing failed, just continue with the original endpoint