diff --git a/scripts/src/artifact-registry.ts b/scripts/src/artifact-registry.ts
index 33a02b8b..8d1716ca 100644
--- a/scripts/src/artifact-registry.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/artifact-registry.ts
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ function pullBackendCoreArtifactFromD601(options: ArtifactRegistryOptions, sourc
   const remoteScript = [
     "set -euo pipefail",
     `image=${shellQuote(sourceImage)}`,
+    "export DOCKER_CONFIG=$(mktemp -d /tmp/unidesk-artifact-docker-config.XXXXXX)",
+    "trap 'rm -rf \"$DOCKER_CONFIG\"' EXIT",
+    "printf '{}\\n' > \"$DOCKER_CONFIG/config.json\"",
     "docker pull -q \"$image\" >/dev/null",
     "docker image inspect \"$image\" --format 'remote_source={{ index .Config.Labels \"unidesk.ai/source-commit\" }} remote_service={{ index .Config.Labels \"unidesk.ai/service-id\" }}' >&2",
     "docker save \"$image\" | gzip -1",