diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1199634e8..93e794c8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containers/common v0.56.0
 	github.com/containers/podman/v4 v4.7.0
 	github.com/digitalocean/go-openvswitch v0.0.0-20201214180534-ce0f183468d8
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible
+	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.6+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.1-0.20210727194412-58542c764a11
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20230710064741-aa7fe85c7dbd // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/analysis v0.21.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.20.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2b85e3959..a3b22f4d7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1191,6 +1191,8 @@ github.com/digitalocean/godo v1.78.0/go.mod h1:GBmu8MkjZmNARE7IXRPmkbbnocNN8+uBm
 github.com/digitalocean/godo v1.98.0/go.mod h1:NRpFznZFvhHjBoqZAaOD3khVzsJ3EibzKqFL4R60dmA=
 github.com/disiqueira/gotree/v3 v3.0.2 h1:ik5iuLQQoufZBNPY518dXhiO5056hyNBIK9lWhkNRq8=
 github.com/disiqueira/gotree/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:ZuyjE4+mUQZlbpkI24AmruZKhg3VHEgPLDY8Qk+uUu8=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0 h1:/FUIFXtfc/x2gpa5/VGfiGLuOIdYa1t65IKK2OFGvA0=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.0.1/go.mod h1:aBB1+wY4s93YsC3HHjMBMrwTj2R9FHDzUr9KyGc8n1E=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M7tiix8f0r6mKKJ3Yq/kqU1OYf3MnfmBWVbPx/yU9ko=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4UdLID7HZT3taECzJs4YgbbH6PIGXB6W/sc5OLb6RQ=
diff --git a/runtime/docker/auth.go b/runtime/docker/auth.go
index 43c8e5a7b..622864689 100644
--- a/runtime/docker/auth.go
+++ b/runtime/docker/auth.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )