diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/publish_test.go b/src/internal/packager2/publish_test.go
index d6c22014af..fe82ec84d1 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/publish_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/publish_test.go
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ package packager2
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/zoci"
 	"github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/test/testutil"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry"
 )
@@ -20,14 +24,14 @@ func TestPublish(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tt := []struct {
-		name   string
-		opts   PublishOpts
-		expect bool
+		name      string
+		opts      PublishOpts
+		expectErr bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:   "Test empty publishopts",
-			opts:   PublishOpts{},
-			expect: true,
+			name:      "Test empty publishopts",
+			opts:      PublishOpts{},
+			expectErr: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Test empty path",
@@ -35,16 +39,16 @@ func TestPublish(t *testing.T) {
 				Path:     "",
 				Registry: ref,
 			},
-			expect: true,
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Publish skeleton package",
+			opts: PublishOpts{
+				Path:     "testdata/skeleton",
+				Registry: ref,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
 		},
-		// {
-		// 	name: "publish skeleton package",
-		// 	opts: PublishOpts{
-		// 		Path:                    "testdata/skeleton",
-		// 		Registry:                ref,
-		// 	},
-		// 	expect: "",
-		// },
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tt {
@@ -52,11 +56,23 @@ func TestPublish(t *testing.T) {
 			// TODO Make parallel
 			// t.Parallel()
 			err := Publish(context.Background(), tc.opts)
-			if tc.expect {
+			if tc.expectErr {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 			}
 
-			// TODO: Read manifest from registry
+			rmt, err := zoci.NewRemote(ctx, tc.opts.Registry.Reference, zoci.PlatformForSkeleton())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			pkg, err := rmt.FetchZarfYAML(ctx)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			data, err := os.ReadFile(tc.opts.Path)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			var expectedPkg v1alpha1.ZarfPackage
+			goyaml.Unmarshal(data, &expectedPkg)
+
+			require.Equal(t, pkg, expectedPkg)
 
 			// TODO: check sha of the resulting publish
 			// err := oras.PackManifest()
diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/testdata/skeleton/zarf.yaml b/src/internal/packager2/testdata/skeleton/zarf.yaml
index 86038ec3df..86af735e00 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/testdata/skeleton/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/testdata/skeleton/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@ metadata:
 components:
   - name: on-deploy-with-template-use-of-variable
     required: true
-    files:
-      - source: test.txt
-        target: test.txt