diff --git a/docs/soci.md b/docs/soci.md
index bfcb53ff0..88b3d66dd 100644
--- a/docs/soci.md
+++ b/docs/soci.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Lazy-pulling using SOCI Snapshotter
 
-| :bird: Requirement | finch >= 0.8.0 |
-|--------------------|----------------|
+| :bird: Requirement for pull and run | finch >= 0.8.0 |
+|-----------------------------------|----------------|
+
+| :bird: Requirement for push with SOCI | finch >= 0.9.0 |
+|---------------------------------------|----------------|
 
 ## Using SOCI
 
diff --git a/e2e/vm/soci_test.go b/e2e/vm/soci_test.go
index 7c8300ccd..8e8fb18a9 100644
--- a/e2e/vm/soci_test.go
+++ b/e2e/vm/soci_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -12,11 +13,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/runfinch/common-tests/command"
+	"github.com/runfinch/common-tests/ffs"
+	"github.com/runfinch/common-tests/fnet"
 	"github.com/runfinch/common-tests/option"
 )
 
 const (
 	ffmpegSociImage = "public.ecr.aws/soci-workshop-examples/ffmpeg:latest"
+	registryImage   = "public.ecr.aws/docker/library/registry:latest"
+	ubuntuImage     = "public.ecr.aws/docker/library/ubuntu:23.10"
 	sociMountString = "fuse.rawBridge"
 )
 
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ var testSoci = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 		var limactlO *option.Option
 		var fpath, realFinchPath, limactlPath, limaHomePathEnv, wd string
 		var err error
+		var port int
 
 		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
 			// Find lima paths. limactl is used to shell into the Finch VM and verify
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ var testSoci = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			writeFile(finchConfigFilePath, []byte("cpus: 6\nmemory: 4GiB\nsnapshotters:\n    "+
 				"- soci\nvmType: qemu\nrosetta: false"))
 			command.New(o, virtualMachineRootCmd, "init").WithTimeoutInSeconds(600).Run()
-			command.New(o, "pull", ffmpegSociImage).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
+			command.New(o, "pull", "--snapshotter=soci", ffmpegSociImage).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
 			finchPullMounts := countMounts(limactlO)
 			command.Run(o, "rmi", "-f", ffmpegSociImage)
 			command.New(limactlO, "shell", "finch",
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ var testSoci = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			writeFile(finchConfigFilePath, []byte("cpus: 6\nmemory: 4GiB\nsnapshotters:\n    "+
 				"- soci\nvmType: qemu\nrosetta: false"))
 			command.New(o, virtualMachineRootCmd, "init").WithTimeoutInSeconds(600).Run()
-			command.New(o, "run", ffmpegSociImage).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
+			command.New(o, "run", "--snapshotter=soci", ffmpegSociImage).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
 			finchPullMounts := countMounts(limactlO)
 			command.Run(o, "rmi", "-f", ffmpegSociImage)
 			command.New(limactlO, "shell", "finch",
@@ -79,6 +85,28 @@ var testSoci = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			command.Run(o, "rmi", "-f", ffmpegSociImage)
 			gomega.Expect(finchPullMounts).Should(gomega.Equal(nerdctlPullMounts))
 		})
+		ginkgo.It("finch push should work", func() {
+			resetVM(o, installed)
+			resetDisks(o, installed)
+			writeFile(finchConfigFilePath, []byte("cpus: 6\nmemory: 4GiB\nsnapshotters:\n    "+
+				"- soci\nvmType: qemu\nrosetta: false"))
+			command.New(o, virtualMachineRootCmd, "init").WithTimeoutInSeconds(600).Run()
+			port = fnet.GetFreePort()
+			command.New(o, "run", "-dp", fmt.Sprintf("%d:5000", port), "--name", "registry", registryImage).
+				WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
+			buildContext := ffs.CreateBuildContext(fmt.Sprintf(`FROM %s
+		CMD ["echo", "bar"]
+			`, ubuntuImage))
+			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(os.RemoveAll, buildContext)
+			targetTag := fmt.Sprintf(`localhost:%d/test-push-soci:tag`, port)
+			command.New(o, "build", "-t", targetTag, buildContext).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
+			testSociSpanSize := 2097152      // 2MiB
+			testSociMinLayerSize := 20971520 // 20MiB
+			command.New(o, "push", "--insecure-registry", "--snapshotter=soci", fmt.Sprintf("--soci-span-size=%d", testSociSpanSize),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--soci-min-layer-size=%d", testSociMinLayerSize), targetTag).WithTimeoutInSeconds(30).Run()
+			indexOutput := command.StdoutStr(limactlO, "shell", "finch", "sudo", "soci", "index", "list")
+			gomega.Expect(indexOutput).Should(gomega.ContainSubstring(targetTag))
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/lima_config_applier.go b/pkg/config/lima_config_applier.go
index 02d3a3262..2ed4000c1 100644
--- a/pkg/config/lima_config_applier.go
+++ b/pkg/config/lima_config_applier.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	sociVersion                              = "0.3.0"
+	sociVersion                              = "0.4.0"
 	sociInstallationProvisioningScriptHeader = "# soci installation and configuring"
 	sociFileNameFormat                       = "soci-snapshotter-%s-linux-%s.tar.gz"
 	sociDownloadURLFormat                    = "https://github.com/awslabs/soci-snapshotter/releases/download/v%s/%s"