diff --git a/rafs/src/metadata/direct_v6.rs b/rafs/src/metadata/direct_v6.rs
index 3879a983803..29a6a148b62 100644
--- a/rafs/src/metadata/direct_v6.rs
+++ b/rafs/src/metadata/direct_v6.rs
@@ -791,7 +791,11 @@ impl RafsInode for OndiskInodeWrapper {
                 OsString::from(name),
             )?) as Arc<dyn RafsInode>)
         } else {
-            Err(enoent!())
+            Err(enoent!(format!(
+                "invalid child name {:?}, parent {:?}",
+                OsString::from(name),
+                self.name(),
+            )))
         }
     }
 
@@ -841,7 +845,11 @@ impl RafsInode for OndiskInodeWrapper {
             }
         }
 
-        Err(enoent!("invalid child index"))
+        Err(enoent!(format!(
+            "invalid child index {}, parent {:?}",
+            idx,
+            self.name(),
+        )))
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/rafs/src/metadata/layout/v6.rs b/rafs/src/metadata/layout/v6.rs
index 2cd1d8170c8..3cf0bc0a6f2 100644
--- a/rafs/src/metadata/layout/v6.rs
+++ b/rafs/src/metadata/layout/v6.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use nydus_utils::{compress, digest, round_up, ByteSize};
 use storage::device::{BlobFeatures, BlobInfo};
 use storage::meta::{BlobMetaHeaderOndisk, BLOB_FEATURE_4K_ALIGNED};
-use storage::RAFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE;
 
 use crate::metadata::{layout::RafsXAttrs, RafsStore, RafsSuperFlags};
 use crate::{impl_bootstrap_converter, impl_pub_getter_setter, RafsIoReader, RafsIoWrite};
@@ -353,10 +352,7 @@ impl RafsV6SuperBlockExt {
         }
 
         let chunk_size = u32::from_le(self.s_chunk_size) as u64;
-        if !chunk_size.is_power_of_two()
-            || chunk_size < EROFS_BLOCK_SIZE
-            || chunk_size > RAFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE
-        {
+        if !chunk_size.is_power_of_two() || chunk_size < EROFS_BLOCK_SIZE {
             return Err(einval!("invalid chunk size in Rafs v6 extended superblock"));
         }
 
@@ -1296,11 +1292,7 @@ impl RafsV6Blob {
         }
 
         let c_size = u32::from_le(self.chunk_size) as u64;
-        if c_size.count_ones() != 1
-            || c_size < EROFS_BLOCK_SIZE
-            || c_size > RAFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE
-            || c_size != chunk_size as u64
-        {
+        if c_size.count_ones() != 1 || c_size < EROFS_BLOCK_SIZE || c_size != chunk_size as u64 {
             error!(
                 "RafsV6Blob: idx {} invalid c_size {}, count_ones() {}",
                 blob_index,
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/diff.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/diff.rs
index 1dcfcb5cc4f..7ad577d9dc7 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/diff.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/diff.rs
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ impl DiffBuilder {
 
     fn prepare_parent_chunk_map(
         &mut self,
+        ctx: &BuildContext,
         bootstrap_mgr: &mut BootstrapManager,
     ) -> Result<BlobManager> {
         let mut blob_mgr = BlobManager::new();
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ impl DiffBuilder {
             rs.load(r)
                 .context("failed to load superblock from bootstrap")?;
             // Load blobs from the blob table of parent bootstrap.
-            blob_mgr.from_blob_table(rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
+            blob_mgr.from_blob_table(ctx, rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
             rs.walk_dir(RAFS_ROOT_INODE, None, &mut |inode: &dyn RafsInode,
                                                      path: &Path|
              -> Result<()> {
@@ -817,7 +818,7 @@ impl Builder for DiffBuilder {
     ) -> Result<BuildOutput> {
         // Add blobs in parent bootstrap to blob map.
         let mut parent_blob_mgr = self
-            .prepare_parent_chunk_map(bootstrap_mgr)
+            .prepare_parent_chunk_map(ctx, bootstrap_mgr)
             .context("failed to load chunks from bootstrap")?;
         let len = parent_blob_mgr.len();
         if len > 0 {
@@ -829,7 +830,7 @@ impl Builder for DiffBuilder {
         }
 
         // Add blobs in chunk dict bootstrap to blob map.
-        dict_blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict()?;
+        dict_blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict(ctx)?;
         let len = dict_blob_mgr.len();
         if len > 0 {
             for blob_idx in (0..len).rev() {
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/directory.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/directory.rs
index 0e05bf3610a..21c6a8ecae0 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/directory.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/directory.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl Builder for DirectoryBuilder {
         blob_ctx.set_chunk_dict(blob_mgr.get_chunk_dict());
         blob_ctx.set_chunk_size(ctx.chunk_size);
         blob_ctx.set_meta_info_enabled(ctx.fs_version == RafsVersion::V6);
-        blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict()?;
+        blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict(ctx)?;
 
         let blob_index = blob_mgr.alloc_index()?;
         let mut blob = Blob::new();
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/stargz.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/stargz.rs
index dec9106fc94..19e2ad36210 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/stargz.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/builder/stargz.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ use nix::sys::stat::makedev;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use nydus_utils::digest::{self, Algorithm, DigestHasher, RafsDigest};
-use nydus_utils::ByteSize;
+use nydus_utils::{try_round_up_4k, ByteSize};
 use rafs::metadata::layout::v5::{RafsV5ChunkInfo, RafsV5Inode, RafsV5InodeFlags};
-use rafs::metadata::layout::{RafsBlobTable, RafsXAttrs};
+use rafs::metadata::layout::RafsXAttrs;
 use rafs::metadata::Inode;
 use storage::device::BlobChunkFlags;
+use storage::meta::BlobMetaHeaderOndisk;
 
 use crate::builder::Builder;
 use crate::core::bootstrap::Bootstrap;
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ impl StargzIndexTreeBuilder {
         let mut tree: Option<Tree> = None;
         let mut last_reg_entry: Option<&TocEntry> = None;
 
+        let mut uncompress_offset = 0;
         for entry in toc_index.entries.iter() {
             if !entry.is_supported() {
                 continue;
@@ -369,28 +371,35 @@ impl StargzIndexTreeBuilder {
             }
 
             if (entry.is_reg() || entry.is_chunk()) && decompress_size != 0 {
+                let aligned_chunk_size = if ctx.aligned_chunk {
+                    // Safe to unwrap because `chunk_size` is much less than u32::MAX.
+                    try_round_up_4k(decompress_size).unwrap()
+                } else {
+                    decompress_size
+                };
+                let pre_uncompress_offset = uncompress_offset;
+                uncompress_offset += aligned_chunk_size;
+
                 let block_id = entry.block_id(&ctx.blob_id)?;
+                let v5_chunk_info = ChunkWrapper::V5(RafsV5ChunkInfo {
+                    block_id,
+                    // Will be set later
+                    blob_index: 0,
+                    flags: BlobChunkFlags::COMPRESSED,
+                    // No available data on entry
+                    compress_size: 0,
+                    uncompress_size: decompress_size as u32,
+                    compress_offset: entry.offset as u64,
+                    uncompress_offset: pre_uncompress_offset,
+                    file_offset: entry.chunk_offset as u64,
+                    index: 0,
+                    reserved: 0,
+                });
                 let chunk = NodeChunk {
                     source: ChunkSource::Build,
                     inner: match ctx.fs_version {
-                        RafsVersion::V5 => {
-                            ChunkWrapper::V5(RafsV5ChunkInfo {
-                                block_id,
-                                // Will be set later
-                                blob_index: 0,
-                                flags: BlobChunkFlags::COMPRESSED,
-                                // No available data on entry
-                                compress_size: 0,
-                                uncompress_size: decompress_size as u32,
-                                compress_offset: entry.offset as u64,
-                                // No available data on entry
-                                uncompress_offset: 0,
-                                file_offset: entry.chunk_offset as u64,
-                                index: 0,
-                                reserved: 0,
-                            })
-                        }
-                        RafsVersion::V6 => todo!(),
+                        RafsVersion::V5 => v5_chunk_info,
+                        RafsVersion::V6 => v5_chunk_info,
                     },
                 };
 
@@ -504,32 +513,31 @@ impl StargzIndexTreeBuilder {
         let gid = if explicit_uidgid { entry.gid } else { 0 };
 
         // Parse inode info
+        let v5_inode = RafsV5Inode {
+            i_digest: RafsDigest::default(),
+            i_parent: 0,
+            i_ino: ino,
+            i_projid: 0,
+            i_uid: uid,
+            i_gid: gid,
+            i_mode: entry.mode(),
+            i_size: file_size,
+            i_nlink: entry.num_link,
+            i_blocks: 0,
+            i_flags: flags,
+            i_child_index: 0,
+            i_child_count: 0,
+            i_name_size: name_size,
+            i_symlink_size: symlink_size,
+            i_rdev: entry.rdev(),
+            // TODO: add mtime from entry.ModTime()
+            i_mtime: 0,
+            i_mtime_nsec: 0,
+            i_reserved: [0; 8],
+        };
         let inode = match version {
-            RafsVersion::V5 => {
-                InodeWrapper::V5(RafsV5Inode {
-                    i_digest: RafsDigest::default(),
-                    i_parent: 0,
-                    i_ino: ino,
-                    i_projid: 0,
-                    i_uid: uid,
-                    i_gid: gid,
-                    i_mode: entry.mode(),
-                    i_size: file_size,
-                    i_nlink: entry.num_link,
-                    i_blocks: 0,
-                    i_flags: flags,
-                    i_child_index: 0,
-                    i_child_count: 0,
-                    i_name_size: name_size,
-                    i_symlink_size: symlink_size,
-                    i_rdev: entry.rdev(),
-                    // TODO: add mtime from entry.ModTime()
-                    i_mtime: 0,
-                    i_mtime_nsec: 0,
-                    i_reserved: [0; 8],
-                })
-            }
-            RafsVersion::V6 => todo!(),
+            RafsVersion::V5 => InodeWrapper::V5(v5_inode),
+            RafsVersion::V6 => InodeWrapper::V6(v5_inode),
         };
 
         let path = entry.path()?;
@@ -580,6 +588,10 @@ impl StargzBuilder {
         let mut decompressed_blob_size = 0u64;
         let mut compressed_blob_size = 0u64;
         let blob_index = blob_mgr.alloc_index()?;
+
+        let mut header = BlobMetaHeaderOndisk::default();
+        header.set_4k_aligned(true);
+
         let mut blob_ctx = BlobContext::new(
             ctx.blob_id.clone(),
             ctx.blob_storage.clone(),
@@ -588,6 +600,10 @@ impl StargzBuilder {
         )?;
         blob_ctx.set_chunk_dict(blob_mgr.get_chunk_dict());
         blob_ctx.set_chunk_size(ctx.chunk_size);
+        blob_ctx.set_meta_info_enabled(ctx.fs_version == RafsVersion::V6);
+        blob_ctx.blob_meta_header = header;
+
+        let mut chunk_map = HashMap::new();
 
         // Set blob index and inode digest for upper nodes
         for node in &mut bootstrap_ctx.nodes {
@@ -598,8 +614,13 @@ impl StargzBuilder {
             let mut inode_hasher = RafsDigest::hasher(digest::Algorithm::Sha256);
 
             for chunk in node.chunks.iter_mut() {
-                let chunk_index = blob_ctx.alloc_index()?;
-                chunk.inner.set_index(chunk_index);
+                if let Some(chunk_index) = chunk_map.get(chunk.inner.id()) {
+                    chunk.inner.set_index(*chunk_index);
+                } else {
+                    let chunk_index = blob_ctx.alloc_index()?;
+                    chunk.inner.set_index(chunk_index);
+                    chunk_map.insert(*chunk.inner.id(), chunk.inner.index());
+                }
                 chunk.inner.set_blob_index(blob_index);
                 decompressed_blob_size += chunk.inner.uncompressed_size() as u64;
                 compressed_blob_size += chunk.inner.compressed_size() as u64;
@@ -661,9 +682,6 @@ impl Builder for StargzBuilder {
 
         // Dump bootstrap file
         let blob_table = blob_mgr.to_blob_table(ctx)?;
-        if let RafsBlobTable::V6(_) = blob_table {
-            todo!();
-        }
         bootstrap.dump(ctx, &mut bootstrap_ctx, &blob_table)?;
 
         bootstrap_mgr.add(bootstrap_ctx);
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/blob_compact.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/blob_compact.rs
index 008918fd1d4..bf3a0a3f786 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/blob_compact.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/blob_compact.rs
@@ -581,10 +581,10 @@ impl BlobCompactor {
             BootstrapManager::new(Some(ArtifactStorage::SingleFile(d_bootstrap)), None);
         let mut bootstrap_ctx = bootstrap_mgr.create_ctx(false)?;
         let mut ori_blob_mgr = BlobManager::new();
-        ori_blob_mgr.from_blob_table(rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
+        ori_blob_mgr.from_blob_table(&build_ctx, rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
         if let Some(dict) = chunk_dict {
             ori_blob_mgr.set_chunk_dict(dict);
-            ori_blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict()?;
+            ori_blob_mgr.extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict(&build_ctx)?;
         }
         if ori_blob_mgr.len() < cfg.layers_to_compact {
             return Ok(None);
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/bootstrap.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/bootstrap.rs
index 1a7108d82d4..2c4baed024d 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/bootstrap.rs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl Bootstrap {
 
         // Reuse lower layer blob table,
         // we need to append the blob entry of upper layer to the table
-        blob_mgr.from_blob_table(rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
+        blob_mgr.from_blob_table(ctx, rs.superblock.get_blob_infos());
 
         // Build node tree of lower layer from a bootstrap file, drop by to add
         // chunks of lower node to chunk_cache for chunk deduplication on next.
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/context.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/context.rs
index 9e990116933..4be4ba0fade 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/core/context.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/core/context.rs
@@ -372,30 +372,36 @@ impl BlobContext {
         Ok(Self::new_with_writer(blob_id, writer, blob_offset))
     }
 
-    pub fn from(blob: &BlobInfo, chunk_source: ChunkSource) -> Self {
-        let mut ctx = Self::new_with_writer(blob.blob_id().to_owned(), None, 0);
+    pub fn from(ctx: &BuildContext, blob: &BlobInfo, chunk_source: ChunkSource) -> Self {
+        let mut blob_ctx = Self::new_with_writer(blob.blob_id().to_owned(), None, 0);
 
-        ctx.blob_readahead_size = blob.readahead_size();
-        ctx.chunk_count = blob.chunk_count();
-        ctx.decompressed_blob_size = blob.uncompressed_size();
-        ctx.compressed_blob_size = blob.compressed_size();
-        ctx.chunk_source = chunk_source;
+        blob_ctx.blob_readahead_size = blob.readahead_size();
+        blob_ctx.chunk_count = blob.chunk_count();
+        blob_ctx.decompressed_blob_size = blob.uncompressed_size();
+        blob_ctx.compressed_blob_size = blob.compressed_size();
+        blob_ctx.chunk_size = blob.chunk_size();
+        blob_ctx.chunk_source = chunk_source;
+        blob_ctx.blob_meta_header.set_4k_aligned(ctx.aligned_chunk);
 
         if blob.meta_ci_is_valid() {
-            ctx.blob_meta_header
+            blob_ctx
+                .blob_meta_header
                 .set_ci_compressor(blob.meta_ci_compressor());
-            ctx.blob_meta_header.set_ci_entries(blob.chunk_count());
-            ctx.blob_meta_header
+            blob_ctx.blob_meta_header.set_ci_entries(blob.chunk_count());
+            blob_ctx
+                .blob_meta_header
                 .set_ci_compressed_offset(blob.meta_ci_offset());
-            ctx.blob_meta_header
+            blob_ctx
+                .blob_meta_header
                 .set_ci_compressed_size(blob.meta_ci_compressed_size());
-            ctx.blob_meta_header
+            blob_ctx
+                .blob_meta_header
                 .set_ci_uncompressed_size(blob.meta_ci_uncompressed_size());
-            ctx.blob_meta_header.set_4k_aligned(true);
-            ctx.blob_meta_info_enabled = true;
+            blob_ctx.blob_meta_header.set_4k_aligned(true);
+            blob_ctx.blob_meta_info_enabled = true;
         }
 
-        ctx
+        blob_ctx
     }
 
     pub fn new_with_writer(
@@ -570,10 +576,10 @@ impl BlobManager {
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
-    pub fn from_blob_table(&mut self, blob_table: Vec<Arc<BlobInfo>>) {
+    pub fn from_blob_table(&mut self, ctx: &BuildContext, blob_table: Vec<Arc<BlobInfo>>) {
         self.blobs = blob_table
             .iter()
-            .map(|entry| BlobContext::from(entry.as_ref(), ChunkSource::Parent))
+            .map(|entry| BlobContext::from(ctx, entry.as_ref(), ChunkSource::Parent))
             .collect();
     }
 
@@ -593,7 +599,7 @@ impl BlobManager {
     /// Extend blobs which belong to ChunkDict and setup real_blob_idx map
     /// should call this function after import parent bootstrap
     /// otherwise will break blobs order
-    pub fn extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn extend_blob_table_from_chunk_dict(&mut self, ctx: &BuildContext) -> Result<()> {
         let blobs = self.chunk_dict_ref.get_blobs();
 
         for blob in blobs.iter() {
@@ -602,7 +608,7 @@ impl BlobManager {
                     .set_real_blob_idx(blob.blob_index(), real_idx);
             } else {
                 let idx = self.alloc_index()?;
-                self.add(BlobContext::from(blob.as_ref(), ChunkSource::Dict));
+                self.add(BlobContext::from(ctx, blob.as_ref(), ChunkSource::Dict));
                 self.chunk_dict_ref
                     .set_real_blob_idx(blob.blob_index(), idx);
             }
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/main.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/main.rs
index 0b2083678c1..f57cedc8d37 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/main.rs
@@ -952,10 +952,7 @@ impl Command {
                 let param = v.trim_start_matches("0x").trim_end_matches("0X");
                 let chunk_size =
                     u32::from_str_radix(param, 16).context(format!("invalid chunk size {}", v))?;
-                if chunk_size as u64 > RAFS_DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE
-                    || chunk_size < 0x1000
-                    || !chunk_size.is_power_of_two()
-                {
+                if chunk_size < 0x1000 || !chunk_size.is_power_of_two() {
                     bail!("invalid chunk size: {}", chunk_size);
                 }
                 Ok(chunk_size)
diff --git a/src/bin/nydus-image/merge.rs b/src/bin/nydus-image/merge.rs
index e2ac82916f2..b6b8a1510c2 100644
--- a/src/bin/nydus-image/merge.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nydus-image/merge.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl Merger {
             let mut parent_blob_added = false;
 
             for blob in &parent_blobs {
-                let mut blob_ctx = BlobContext::from(blob, ChunkSource::Parent);
+                let mut blob_ctx = BlobContext::from(ctx, blob, ChunkSource::Parent);
                 if chunk_dict_blobs.get(blob.blob_id()).is_none() {
                     // It is assumed that the `nydus-image create` at each layer and `nydus-image merge` commands
                     // use the same chunk dict bootstrap. So the parent bootstrap includes multiple blobs, but
diff --git a/tests/builder.rs b/tests/builder.rs
index f8fd03b64a6..cd57f1eafa5 100644
--- a/tests/builder.rs
+++ b/tests/builder.rs
@@ -229,13 +229,14 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         ).unwrap();
     }
 
-    pub fn build_stargz_lower(&mut self) {
+    pub fn build_stargz_lower(&mut self, rafs_version: &str) {
         exec(
             format!(
-                "{:?} create --source-type stargz_index --bootstrap {:?} --blob-id {} --log-level info {:?}",
+                "{:?} create --source-type stargz_index --bootstrap {:?} --blob-id {} --fs-version {} --log-level info {:?}",
                 self.builder,
                 self.work_dir.join("bootstrap-lower"),
                 "lower.stargz",
+                rafs_version,
                 self.work_dir.join("stargz.index-lower.json"),
             )
             .as_str(),
@@ -243,14 +244,15 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         ).unwrap();
     }
 
-    pub fn build_stargz_upper(&mut self) {
+    pub fn build_stargz_upper(&mut self, rafs_version: &str) {
         exec(
             format!(
-                "{:?} create --source-type stargz_index --parent-bootstrap {:?} --bootstrap {:?} --blob-id {} --log-level info {:?}",
+                "{:?} create --source-type stargz_index --parent-bootstrap {:?} --bootstrap {:?} --blob-id {} --fs-version {} --log-level info {:?}",
                 self.builder,
                 self.work_dir.join("bootstrap-lower"),
                 self.work_dir.join("bootstrap-overlay"),
                 "upper.stargz",
+                rafs_version,
                 self.work_dir.join("stargz.index-upper.json"),
             )
             .as_str(),
diff --git a/tests/smoke.rs b/tests/smoke.rs
index 5c67b516439..dc52a655e75 100644
--- a/tests/smoke.rs
+++ b/tests/smoke.rs
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ fn integration_test_special_files() {
     }
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn integration_test_stargz() {
+fn test_stargz(rafs_version: &str) {
     info!("\n\n==================== testing run: stargz test");
 
     let tmp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -246,8 +245,8 @@ fn integration_test_stargz() {
 
     let mut builder = builder::new(&work_dir, "oci");
 
-    builder.build_stargz_lower();
-    builder.build_stargz_upper();
+    builder.build_stargz_lower(rafs_version);
+    builder.build_stargz_upper(rafs_version);
 
     let nydusd = nydusd::new(
         &work_dir,
@@ -262,3 +261,9 @@ fn integration_test_stargz() {
     nydusd.check("directory/overlay.result", "mnt");
     nydusd.umount("mnt");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn integration_test_stargz() {
+    test_stargz("5");
+    test_stargz("6");
+}