diff --git a/container/container.xml b/container/container.xml
index 5b2df80..9ff5a0c 100644
--- a/container/container.xml
+++ b/container/container.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     <locale>en_US</locale>
     <rpm-locale-filtering>true</rpm-locale-filtering>
     <rpm-excludedocs>true</rpm-excludedocs>
+    <packagemanager>microdnf</packagemanager>
   </preferences>
 
   <preferences profiles="Container-UBI">