diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
index 035c9316f3..37d0e3ef2d 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
@@ -277,11 +277,18 @@ public DockerImageDetails inspect(ImageReference imageReference)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     Process inspectProcess =
         docker("inspect", "-f", "{{json .}}", "--type", "image", imageReference.toString());
-    if (inspectProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
-      throw new IOException(
-          "'docker inspect' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(inspectProcess));
+
+    try (InputStreamReader stdout =
+        new InputStreamReader(inspectProcess.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+      String output = CharStreams.toString(stdout);
+
+      if (inspectProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
+        throw new IOException(
+            "'docker inspect' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(inspectProcess));
+      }
+
+      return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(output, DockerImageDetails.class);
     }
-    return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(inspectProcess.getInputStream(), DockerImageDetails.class);
   }
 
   /** Runs a {@code docker} command. */
@@ -291,11 +298,17 @@ private Process docker(String... subCommand) throws IOException {
 
   private DockerInfoDetails fetchInfoDetails() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     Process infoProcess = docker("info", "-f", "{{json .}}");
-    InputStream inputStream = infoProcess.getInputStream();
-    if (infoProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
-      throw new IOException(
-          "'docker info' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(infoProcess));
+
+    try (InputStreamReader stdout =
+        new InputStreamReader(infoProcess.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+      String output = CharStreams.toString(stdout);
+
+      if (infoProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
+        throw new IOException(
+            "'docker info' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(infoProcess));
+      }
+
+      return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(output, DockerInfoDetails.class);
     }
-    return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(inputStream, DockerInfoDetails.class);
   }
 }
diff --git a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
index a88539f8c0..2b451ebe05 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public void testInfo_fail() throws InterruptedException {
               assertThat(subcommand).containsExactly("info", "-f", "{{json .}}");
               return mockProcessBuilder;
             });
+    Mockito.when(mockProcess.getInputStream())
+        .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
     Mockito.when(mockProcess.waitFor()).thenReturn(1);
     Mockito.when(mockProcess.getErrorStream())
         .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("error".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
@@ -123,6 +125,29 @@ public void testInfo_fail() throws InterruptedException {
         .contains("'docker info' command failed with error: error");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testInfo_stdinFail() throws InterruptedException {
+    DockerClient testDockerClient =
+        new CliDockerClient(
+            subcommand -> {
+              assertThat(subcommand).containsExactly("info", "-f", "{{json .}}");
+              return mockProcessBuilder;
+            });
+    Mockito.when(mockProcess.getInputStream())
+        .thenReturn(
+            new InputStream() {
+
+              @Override
+              public int read() throws IOException {
+                throw new IOException();
+              }
+            });
+
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, testDockerClient::info);
+
+    Mockito.verify(mockProcess, Mockito.never()).waitFor();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testInfo_returnsUnknownKeys() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
     String dockerInfoJson = "{ \"unknownOS\": \"windows\"," + "\"unknownArchitecture\": \"arm64\"}";
@@ -311,6 +336,8 @@ public void testSize_fail() throws InterruptedException {
               Assert.assertEquals("inspect", subcommand.get(0));
               return mockProcessBuilder;
             });
+    Mockito.when(mockProcess.getInputStream())
+        .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
     Mockito.when(mockProcess.waitFor()).thenReturn(1);
 
     Mockito.when(mockProcess.getErrorStream())
@@ -325,6 +352,30 @@ public void testSize_fail() throws InterruptedException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSize_stdinFail() throws InterruptedException {
+    DockerClient testDockerClient =
+        new CliDockerClient(
+            subcommand -> {
+              Assert.assertEquals("inspect", subcommand.get(0));
+              return mockProcessBuilder;
+            });
+    Mockito.when(mockProcess.getInputStream())
+        .thenReturn(
+            new InputStream() {
+
+              @Override
+              public int read() throws IOException {
+                throw new IOException();
+              }
+            });
+
+    assertThrows(
+        IOException.class, () -> testDockerClient.inspect(ImageReference.of(null, "image", null)));
+
+    Mockito.verify(mockProcess, Mockito.never()).waitFor();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDockerImageDetails() throws DigestException, IOException {
     String json =