diff --git a/scripts/skopeo-common.sh b/scripts/skopeo-common.sh
index 5023e56..16f0027 100644
--- a/scripts/skopeo-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/skopeo-common.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exported_or_fail \
 
 declare -x REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=""
 
-docker_config="${HOME}/.docker/config.json"
+docker_config="/workspace/home/.docker/config.json"
 if [[ -f "${docker_config}" ]]; then
     phase "Setting REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE to '${docker_config}'"
     REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=${docker_config}
diff --git a/scripts/skopeo-copy.sh b/scripts/skopeo-copy.sh
index 30c7d74..55f14c3 100644
--- a/scripts/skopeo-copy.sh
+++ b/scripts/skopeo-copy.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh"
 source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/skopeo-common.sh"
 
+# Ensure the /tekton/home/.docker directory exists
+mkdir -p /workspace/home/.docker
+
 phase "Copying '${PARAMS_SOURCE_IMAGE_URL}' into '${PARAMS_DESTINATION_IMAGE_URL}'"
 
 set -x
diff --git a/templates/task-skopeo-copy.yaml b/templates/task-skopeo-copy.yaml
index 51f76d6..869e14c 100644
--- a/templates/task-skopeo-copy.yaml
+++ b/templates/task-skopeo-copy.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ spec:
   volumes:
     - name: scripts-dir
       emptyDir: {}
-
+    
   stepTemplate:
     env:
 {{- $variables := list
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ spec:
 
   steps:
     - name: skopeo-copy
+      env:
+        - name: HOME
+          value: /workspace/home
       image: {{ .Values.images.skopeo }}
       script: |
 {{- include "load_scripts" ( list . ( list "skopeo-" ) ( list "/scripts/skopeo-copy.sh" "/scripts/skopeo-results.sh" ) ) | nindent 8 }}