diff --git a/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml b/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
index f95cf49f89..50b967fc78 100644
--- a/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       docker_mirror_base_url: "https://{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}/deb-docker/{{ ansible_distribution_release }}"
       zuul_work_dir: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/opendev/system-config'].src_dir }}"
       promote_container_image_method: intermediate-registry
-      container_command: podman
+      container_command: docker
 
 - job:
     name: system-config-upload-container-image