diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubi b/Dockerfile.ubi
index 4359730..477b3e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubi
+++ b/Dockerfile.ubi
@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@ RUN mkdir /image && \
 COPY ubi-build-files-${TARGETARCH}.txt /tmp
 # Copy all the required files from the base UBI image into the image directory
 # As the go binary is not statically compiled this includes everything needed for CGO to work, cacerts, tzdata and RH release files
-RUN tar cf /tmp/files.tar -T /tmp/ubi-build-files-${TARGETARCH}.txt && tar xf /tmp/files.tar -C /image/
+# Filter existing files before tarring to avoid "Cannot stat" errors on ARM64
+# Use -h flag to follow symlinks when creating the archive
+RUN while IFS= read -r file; do \
+      [ -z "$file" ] && continue; \
+      if [ -e "$file" ] || [ -L "$file" ]; then \
+        echo "$file"; \
+      fi; \
+    done < /tmp/ubi-build-files-${TARGETARCH}.txt > /tmp/existing-files.txt && \
+    if [ -s /tmp/existing-files.txt ]; then \
+      tar -chf /tmp/files.tar -T /tmp/existing-files.txt && \
+      tar xf /tmp/files.tar -C /image/; \
+    fi
 
 # Generate a rpm database which contains all the packages that you said were needed in ubi-build-files-*.txt
 RUN rpm --root /image --initdb \