diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image-download.sh.template b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image-download.sh.template
index 71a73484d29..b36918a95f7 100755
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image-download.sh.template
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/release-image-download.sh.template
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 RELEASE_IMAGE={{.ReleaseImage}}
 
 echo "Pulling $RELEASE_IMAGE..."
-while ! podman pull --quiet "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
+echo '{}' >/tmp/busted-auth.json
+while ! podman pull --authfile /tmp/busted-auth.json --quiet "$RELEASE_IMAGE"
 do
     echo "Pull failed. Retrying $RELEASE_IMAGE..."
 done