diff --git a/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/Package.scala b/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/Package.scala
index 1efb2f1088..f5bcedc23a 100644
--- a/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/Package.scala
+++ b/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/Package.scala
@@ -611,7 +611,8 @@ object Package extends ScalaCommand[PackageOptions] {
       registry = packageOptions.dockerOptions.imageRegistry,
       repository = repository,
       tag = Some(tag),
-      exec = exec
+      exec = exec,
+      dockerExecutable = None
     )
 
     val appPath = os.temp.dir(prefix = "scala-cli-docker") / "app"
diff --git a/project/deps.sc b/project/deps.sc
index 5a5c247500..7551170b59 100644
--- a/project/deps.sc
+++ b/project/deps.sc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ object Deps {
     def jsoniterScala = "2.15.0"
     def scalaMeta     = "4.5.12"
     def scalaNative   = "0.4.5"
-    def scalaPackager = "0.1.26"
+    def scalaPackager = "0.1.27"
     def signingCli    = "0.1.8"
   }
   def ammonite = ivy"com.lihaoyi:::ammonite:2.5.4-14-dc4c47bc"