diff --git a/pulp_container/app/management/commands/init-image-nature.py b/pulp_container/app/management/commands/init-image-nature.py
index 5524e0275..7c0f0ede0 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/management/commands/init-image-nature.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/management/commands/init-image-nature.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         manifests = Manifest.objects.exclude(
-            media_type__in=[MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_LIST, MEDIA_TYPE.INDEX_OCI]
+            media_type__in=[MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_LIST, MEDIA_TYPE.INDEX_OCI, MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V1]
         ).order_by("pulp_id")
         self.update_manifests(manifests)
 
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/models.py b/pulp_container/app/models.py
index c93eb63d6..123229581 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/models.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/models.py
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ def init_metadata(self, manifest_data=None):
         return has_annotations or has_labels or has_image_nature
 
     def init_annotations(self, manifest_data=None):
+        # annotations are part of OCI only
+        if self.media_type not in (MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_OCI, MEDIA_TYPE.INDEX_OCI):
+            return False
         if manifest_data is None:
             manifest_artifact = self._artifacts.get()
             manifest_data, _ = get_content_data(manifest_artifact)
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/registry.py b/pulp_container/app/registry.py
index c8c7a40d0..007b789a4 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/registry.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/registry.py
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ async def init_pending_content(self, digest, manifest_data, media_type, artifact
             config_blob=config_blob,
         )
 
-        await sync_to_async(manifest.init_metadata)(manifest_data=manifest_data)
+        # skip if media_type of schema1
+        if media_type in (MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V2, MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_OCI):
+            await sync_to_async(manifest.init_metadata)(manifest_data=manifest_data)
 
         try:
             await manifest.asave()
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py b/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
index 5f4f11bbf..000a13b0e 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
@@ -372,7 +372,10 @@ def create_tagged_manifest_list(self, tag_name, saved_artifact, manifest_list_da
         """
         digest = f"sha256:{saved_artifact.sha256}"
         manifest_list = Manifest(
-            digest=digest, schema_version=manifest_list_data["schemaVersion"], media_type=media_type
+            digest=digest,
+            schema_version=manifest_list_data["schemaVersion"],
+            media_type=media_type,
+            annotations=manifest_list_data.get("annotations", {}),
         )
 
         manifest_list_dc = self._create_manifest_declarative_content(