diff --git a/pkg/executor/build.go b/pkg/executor/build.go
index 02ce01647b..6e84ffdf14 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/build.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/build.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func newStageBuilder(args *dockerfile.BuildArgs, opts *config.KanikoOptions, sta
 	if !opts.Reproducible {
 		snapshotter = snapshot.NewSnapshotter(l, config.RootDir)
 	} else {
-		snapshotter = snapshot.NewCanonicalSnapshotter(l, config.RootDir)
+		snapshotter = snapshot.NewReproducibleSnapshotter(l, config.RootDir)
 	}
 
 	digest, err := sourceImage.Digest()
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/snapshot.go b/pkg/snapshot/snapshot.go
index 450f96ec4d..fb98432521 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ var snapshotPathPrefix = ""
 
 // Snapshotter holds the root directory from which to take snapshots, and a list of snapshots taken
 type Snapshotter struct {
-	l          *LayeredMap
-	directory  string
-	ignorelist []util.IgnoreListEntry
-	canonical  bool
+	l            *LayeredMap
+	directory    string
+	ignorelist   []util.IgnoreListEntry
+	reproducible bool
 }
 
 // NewSnapshotter creates a new snapshotter rooted at d
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ func NewSnapshotter(l *LayeredMap, d string) *Snapshotter {
 	return &Snapshotter{l: l, directory: d, ignorelist: util.IgnoreList()}
 }
 
-// NewCanonicalSnapshotter creates a new snapshotter rooted at d that produces
+// NewReproducibleSnapshotter creates a new snapshotter rooted at d that produces
 // reproducible snapshots.
-func NewCanonicalSnapshotter(l *LayeredMap, d string) *Snapshotter {
-	return &Snapshotter{l: l, directory: d, ignorelist: util.IgnoreList(), canonical: true}
+func NewReproducibleSnapshotter(l *LayeredMap, d string) *Snapshotter {
+	return &Snapshotter{l: l, directory: d, ignorelist: util.IgnoreList(), reproducible: true}
 }
 
 // Init initializes a new snapshotter
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ func (s *Snapshotter) TakeSnapshot(files []string, shdCheckDelete bool, forceBui
 	}
 
 	var t util.Tar
-	if !s.canonical {
+	if !s.reproducible {
 		t = util.NewTar(f)
 	} else {
-		t = util.NewCanonicalTar(f)
+		t = util.NewReproducibleTar(f)
 	}
 	defer t.Close()
 	if err := writeToTar(t, filesToAdd, filesToWhiteout); err != nil {
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ func (s *Snapshotter) TakeSnapshotFS() (string, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	var t util.Tar
-	if !s.canonical {
+	if !s.reproducible {
 		t = util.NewTar(f)
 	} else {
-		t = util.NewCanonicalTar(f)
+		t = util.NewReproducibleTar(f)
 	}
 	defer t.Close()
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/tar_util.go b/pkg/util/tar_util.go
index 4dda4d1744..2faf9cb991 100644
--- a/pkg/util/tar_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/tar_util.go
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import (
 
 // Tar knows how to write files to a tar file.
 type Tar struct {
-	hardlinks map[uint64]string
-	w         *tar.Writer
-	canonical bool
+	hardlinks        map[uint64]string
+	w                *tar.Writer
+	ignoreTimestamps bool
 }
 
 // NewTar will create an instance of Tar that can write files to the writer at f.
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ func NewTar(f io.Writer) Tar {
 	}
 }
 
-// NewCanonicalTar will create an instance of Tar that can write files to the
+// NewReproducibleTar will create an instance of Tar that can write files to the
 // writer at f, ignoring timestamps to produce a canonical archive.
-func NewCanonicalTar(f io.Writer) Tar {
+func NewReproducibleTar(f io.Writer) Tar {
 	w := tar.NewWriter(f)
 	return Tar{
-		w:         w,
-		hardlinks: map[uint64]string{},
-		canonical: true,
+		w:                w,
+		hardlinks:        map[uint64]string{},
+		ignoreTimestamps: true,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (t *Tar) AddFileToTar(p string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if t.canonical {
+	if t.ignoreTimestamps {
 		ct := time.Time{}
 		hdr.ModTime = ct
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/tar_util_test.go b/pkg/util/tar_util_test.go
index eb58da0fae..18ba4e00bc 100644
--- a/pkg/util/tar_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/tar_util_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ func Test_CreateTarballOfDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 			// skip directory
 			continue
 		}
+		if modTime := fileInfo.ModTime(); modTime.Equal(time.Unix(0, 0)) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected modtime %q of %q", modTime, fileInfo.Name())
+		}
 		file, err := os.Open(filePath)
 		testutil.CheckError(t, wantErr, err)
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(file)
@@ -172,3 +176,56 @@ func createFilesInTempDir(t *testing.T, tmpDir string) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_NewReproducibleTar(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	createFilesInTempDir(t, tmpDir)
+	f := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	// Create tarball ignoring timestamps
+	tw := NewReproducibleTar(f)
+	if err := filepath.WalkDir(tmpDir, func(path string, _ fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("path %v is not absolute", path)
+		}
+		return tw.AddFileToTar(path)
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create tar of %q: %s", tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	extracedFilesDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "extracted")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(extracedFilesDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	files, err := UnTar(f, extracedFilesDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("untar: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	for _, filePath := range files {
+		fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("stat %q: %s", filePath, err.Error())
+		}
+		if fileInfo.IsDir() {
+			// skip directory
+			continue
+		}
+		// In a 'reproducible' tar, all timestamps should be set to zero
+		if modTime := fileInfo.ModTime(); !modTime.Equal(time.Unix(0, 0)) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected modtime %q of %q", modTime, filePath)
+		}
+		file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("open file %q: %s", filePath, err.Error())
+		}
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("read file %q: %s", filePath, err.Error())
+		}
+		index := filepath.Base(filePath)
+		testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, string(body), fmt.Sprintf("hello from %s\n", index))
+	}
+}