diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/containerClient/mobyClient.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/containerClient/mobyClient.ts
index 713bd0e6248..8fba6a965cc 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/containerClient/mobyClient.ts
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/containerClient/mobyClient.ts
@@ -470,15 +470,23 @@ export class MobyClient implements ContainerEngineClient {
   runClient(args: string[], stdio: 'pipe', options?: runClientOptions): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; }>;
   runClient(args: string[], stdio: 'stream', options?: runClientOptions): ReadableProcess;
   runClient(args: string[], stdio?: 'ignore' | 'pipe' | 'stream' | Log, options?: runClientOptions) {
+    // Always add the `bin` directory, as docker CLI plugins may need them too.
+    const dirsToAdd = [path.join(paths.resources, process.platform, 'bin')];
     const executableName = options?.executable ?? this.executable;
     const isCLIPlugin = /^docker-(?!credential-)/.test(executableName);
+
     const binType = isCLIPlugin ? 'docker-cli-plugins' : 'bin';
-    const binDir = path.join(paths.resources, process.platform, binType);
-    const executable = path.resolve(binDir, executableName);
+    const executableDir = path.join(paths.resources, process.platform, binType);
+    const executable = path.resolve(executableDir, executableName);
+
+    if (isCLIPlugin) {
+      dirsToAdd.push(executableDir);
+    }
+
     const opts = _.merge({}, options ?? {}, {
       env: {
         DOCKER_HOST: this.endpoint,
-        PATH:        `${ process.env.PATH }${ path.delimiter }${ binDir }`,
+        PATH:        `${ process.env.PATH }${ path.delimiter }${ dirsToAdd.join(path.delimiter) }`,
       },
     });