diff --git a/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/app/Dockerfile b/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/app/Dockerfile
index 57dfed7ce53..1a25f16507c 100644
--- a/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/app/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ARG BASE
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
+
+FROM golang:1.18 AS builder
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY main.go .
 COPY go.mod .
@@ -7,9 +8,13 @@ COPY go.mod .
 ARG SKAFFOLD_GO_GCFLAGS
 RUN go build -gcflags="${SKAFFOLD_GO_GCFLAGS}" -trimpath -o /app .
 
-FROM $BASE
+FROM $BASE AS base
+
+FROM scratch
 # Define GOTRACEBACK to mark this container as using the Go language runtime
 # for `skaffold debug` (https://skaffold.dev/docs/workflows/debug/).
 ENV GOTRACEBACK=single
 CMD ["./app"]
 COPY --from=builder /app .
+COPY --from=base hello.txt .
+
diff --git a/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/skaffold.yaml b/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/skaffold.yaml
index 7f4bf90e996..c5dfc73a3e2 100644
--- a/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/examples/simple-artifact-dependency/skaffold.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ build:
       alias: BASE
   - image: base
     context: base
+  tagPolicy:
+    inputDigest: {}
 manifests:
   rawYaml:
   - app/k8s-pod.yaml
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/parse.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/parse.go
index af4229ca1e2..1e5f8c75bb7 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/parse.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2/proto/v1"
 )
 
+const buildkitUnresolvedImagePlaceholder = "image:latest"
+
 type FromTo struct {
 	// From is the relative path (wrt. the skaffold root directory) of the dependency on the host system.
 	From string
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ func extractCopyCommands(ctx context.Context, nodes []*parser.Node, onlyLastImag
 				stages[strings.ToLower(from.as)] = true
 			}
 
-			if from.image == "" {
+			if from.image == "" || from.image == buildkitUnresolvedImagePlaceholder {
 				// some build args like artifact dependencies are not available until the first build sequence has completed.
 				// skip check if there are unavailable images
 				continue
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ func expandOnbuildInstructions(ctx context.Context, nodes []*parser.Node, cfg Co
 			var onbuildNodes []*parser.Node
 			if ons, found := onbuildNodesCache[strings.ToLower(from.image)]; found {
 				onbuildNodes = ons
-			} else if from.image == "" {
+			} else if from.image == "" || from.image == buildkitUnresolvedImagePlaceholder {
 				// some build args like artifact dependencies are not available until the first build sequence has completed.
 				// skip check if there are unavailable images
 				onbuildNodes = []*parser.Node{}