diff --git a/task/buildah-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-oci-ta.yaml b/task/buildah-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
index f5a6928297..a614188de0 100644
--- a/task/buildah-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/buildah-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -498,7 +498,13 @@ spec:
         container=$(buildah from --pull-never $IMAGE)
         buildah copy $container sbom-cyclonedx.json sbom-purl.json /root/buildinfo/content_manifests/
         buildah config -a org.opencontainers.image.base.name=${base_image_name} -a org.opencontainers.image.base.digest=${base_image_digest} $container
-        buildah commit $container $IMAGE
+
+        BUILDAH_ARGS=()
+        if [ "${SQUASH}" == "true" ]; then
+          BUILDAH_ARGS+=("--squash")
+        fi
+
+        buildah commit "${BUILDAH_ARGS[@]}" $container $IMAGE
 
         status=-1
         max_run=5
diff --git a/task/buildah-remote-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-remote-oci-ta.yaml b/task/buildah-remote-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-remote-oci-ta.yaml
index 2ca6c1a77e..d63452936c 100644
--- a/task/buildah-remote-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-remote-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/buildah-remote-oci-ta/0.1/buildah-remote-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -568,7 +568,13 @@ spec:
       container=$(buildah from --pull-never $IMAGE)
       buildah copy $container sbom-cyclonedx.json sbom-purl.json /root/buildinfo/content_manifests/
       buildah config -a org.opencontainers.image.base.name=${base_image_name} -a org.opencontainers.image.base.digest=${base_image_digest} $container
-      buildah commit $container $IMAGE
+
+      BUILDAH_ARGS=()
+      if [ "${SQUASH}" == "true" ]; then
+        BUILDAH_ARGS+=("--squash")
+      fi
+
+      buildah commit "${BUILDAH_ARGS[@]}" $container $IMAGE
 
       status=-1
       max_run=5
diff --git a/task/buildah-remote/0.1/buildah-remote.yaml b/task/buildah-remote/0.1/buildah-remote.yaml
index a6108c133d..6d12d9425c 100644
--- a/task/buildah-remote/0.1/buildah-remote.yaml
+++ b/task/buildah-remote/0.1/buildah-remote.yaml
@@ -565,7 +565,13 @@ spec:
       container=$(buildah from --pull-never $IMAGE)
       buildah copy $container sbom-cyclonedx.json sbom-purl.json /root/buildinfo/content_manifests/
       buildah config -a org.opencontainers.image.base.name=${base_image_name} -a org.opencontainers.image.base.digest=${base_image_digest} $container
-      buildah commit $container $IMAGE
+
+      BUILDAH_ARGS=()
+      if [ "${SQUASH}" == "true" ]; then
+        BUILDAH_ARGS+=("--squash")
+      fi
+
+      buildah commit "${BUILDAH_ARGS[@]}" $container $IMAGE
 
       status=-1
       max_run=5
diff --git a/task/buildah/0.1/buildah.yaml b/task/buildah/0.1/buildah.yaml
index cf74553521..8504172645 100644
--- a/task/buildah/0.1/buildah.yaml
+++ b/task/buildah/0.1/buildah.yaml
@@ -467,7 +467,13 @@ spec:
       container=$(buildah from --pull-never $IMAGE)
       buildah copy $container sbom-cyclonedx.json sbom-purl.json /root/buildinfo/content_manifests/
       buildah config -a org.opencontainers.image.base.name=${base_image_name} -a org.opencontainers.image.base.digest=${base_image_digest} $container
-      buildah commit $container $IMAGE
+
+      BUILDAH_ARGS=()
+      if [ "${SQUASH}" == "true" ]; then
+        BUILDAH_ARGS+=("--squash")
+      fi
+
+      buildah commit "${BUILDAH_ARGS[@]}" $container $IMAGE
 
       status=-1
       max_run=5