diff --git a/src/cmd/package.go b/src/cmd/package.go
index 5d52b8bbec..a3667a1cb6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/package.go
+++ b/src/cmd/package.go
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ func (o *PackagePullOptions) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 		outputDir = wd
 	}
-	err := packager2.Pull(cmd.Context(), args[0], outputDir, pkgConfig.PkgOpts.Shasum, filters.Empty())
+	err := packager2.Pull(cmd.Context(), args[0], outputDir, pkgConfig.PkgOpts.Shasum, filters.Empty(), pkgConfig.PkgOpts.PublicKeyPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/pull.go b/src/internal/packager2/pull.go
index 5f9dc2b5b7..a8426857fc 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/pull.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/pull.go
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/config"
-	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/layout"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/internal/packager2/layout"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/packager/filters"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/zoci"
 )
 
 // Pull fetches the Zarf package from the given sources.
-func Pull(ctx context.Context, src, dir, shasum string, filter filters.ComponentFilterStrategy) error {
+func Pull(ctx context.Context, src, dir, shasum string, filter filters.ComponentFilterStrategy, publicKeyPath string) error {
 	u, err := url.Parse(src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ func Pull(ctx context.Context, src, dir, shasum string, filter filters.Component
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown scheme %s", u.Scheme)
 	}
 
+	// This loadFromTar is done so that validatePackageIntegrtiy and validatePackageSignature are called
+	layoutOpt := layout.PackageLayoutOptions{
+		PublicKeyPath:           publicKeyPath,
+		SkipSignatureValidation: false,
+		IsPartial:               false,
+	}
+	_, err = layout.LoadFromTar(ctx, tmpPath, layoutOpt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	name, err := nameFromMetadata(tmpPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/pull_test.go b/src/internal/packager2/pull_test.go
index 3d8d46b2ce..da649d71e5 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/pull_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/pull_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestPull(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	shasum := "bef73d652f004d214d5cf9e00195293f7ae8390b8ff6ed45e39c2c9eb622b873"
-	err := Pull(ctx, srv.URL, dir, shasum, filters.Empty())
+	err := Pull(ctx, srv.URL, dir, shasum, filters.Empty(), "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	packageData, err := os.ReadFile(packagePath)
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/11_oci_pull_inspect_test.go b/src/test/e2e/11_oci_pull_inspect_test.go
index 356c5be99a..f3525c8109 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/11_oci_pull_inspect_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/11_oci_pull_inspect_test.go
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ package test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/test/testutil"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry"
 )
 
 type PullInspectTestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	*require.Assertions
-	Reference   registry.Reference
-	PackagesDir string
+	Reference registry.Reference
 }
 
 var badPullInspectRef = registry.Reference{
@@ -28,34 +29,38 @@ var badPullInspectRef = registry.Reference{
 
 func (suite *PullInspectTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	suite.Assertions = require.New(suite.T())
-	suite.PackagesDir = "build"
-}
-
-func (suite *PullInspectTestSuite) TearDownSuite() {
-	local := fmt.Sprintf("zarf-package-dos-games-%s-1.0.0.tar.zst", e2e.Arch)
-	e2e.CleanFiles(suite.T(), local)
+	suite.Reference.Registry = testutil.SetupInMemoryRegistry(testutil.TestContext(suite.T()), suite.T(), 31888)
 }
 
 func (suite *PullInspectTestSuite) Test_0_Pull() {
 	suite.T().Log("E2E: Package Pull oci://")
 
-	out := fmt.Sprintf("zarf-package-dos-games-%s-1.0.0.tar.zst", e2e.Arch)
+	privateKeyFlag := "--signing-key=src/test/packages/zarf-test.prv-key"
+	publicKeyFlag := "--key=src/test/packages/zarf-test.pub"
 
-	// Build the fully qualified reference.
-	ref := fmt.Sprintf("oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/dos-games:1.0.0-%s", e2e.Arch)
+	outputPath := suite.T().TempDir()
+	stdOut, stdErr, err := e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "create", "src/test/packages/11-simple-package", "-o", outputPath, privateKeyFlag, "--confirm")
+	suite.NoError(err, stdOut, stdErr)
 
-	// Pull the package via OCI.
-	stdOut, stdErr, err := e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "pull", ref)
+	out := filepath.Join(outputPath, fmt.Sprintf("zarf-package-simple-package-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+	ref := suite.Reference.String()
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "publish", out, "oci://"+ref, "--plain-http", publicKeyFlag)
 	suite.NoError(err, stdOut, stdErr)
 
-	sbomTmp := suite.T().TempDir()
+	simplePackageRef := fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s/simple-package:0.0.1", ref)
+	// fail to pull the package without providing the public key
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "pull", simplePackageRef, "--plain-http")
+	suite.Error(err, stdOut, stdErr)
+
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "pull", simplePackageRef, "--plain-http", publicKeyFlag)
+	suite.NoError(err, stdOut, stdErr)
+
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "inspect", simplePackageRef, "--plain-http")
+	suite.Error(err, stdOut, stdErr)
 
-	// Verify the package was pulled correctly.
-	suite.FileExists(out)
-	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "inspect", out, "--key", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zarf-dev/zarf/v0.38.2/cosign.pub", "--sbom-out", sbomTmp)
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "inspect", simplePackageRef, "--plain-http", publicKeyFlag, "--sbom-out", suite.T().TempDir())
 	suite.NoError(err, stdOut, stdErr)
 
-	// Test pull w/ bad ref.
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf(suite.T(), "package", "pull", "oci://"+badPullInspectRef.String(), "--plain-http")
 	suite.Error(err, stdOut, stdErr)
 }
diff --git a/src/test/packages/11-simple-package/test.txt b/src/test/packages/11-simple-package/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/test/packages/11-simple-package/zarf.yaml b/src/test/packages/11-simple-package/zarf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86038ec3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/packages/11-simple-package/zarf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+kind: ZarfPackageConfig
+metadata:
+  name: simple-package
+  description: simple small package to test pullling, publishing, and inspecting
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+components:
+  - name: on-deploy-with-template-use-of-variable
+    required: true
+    files:
+      - source: test.txt
+        target: test.txt