diff --git a/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go b/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
index 29462641e..4fca657c3 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func process(ctx *context.Context, docker config.Docker, artifacts []*artifact.A
 
 	log.Info("building docker image")
 	if err := imagers[docker.Use].Build(ctx, tmp, images, buildFlags); err != nil {
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "file not found") || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found: not found") {
+		if isFileNotFoundError(err.Error()) {
 			var files []string
 			_ = filepath.Walk(tmp, func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
 				if info.IsDir() {
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ Previous error:
 	return nil
 }
 
+func isFileNotFoundError(out string) bool {
+	if strings.Contains(out, `executable file not found in $PATH`) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return strings.Contains(out, "file not found") ||
+		strings.Contains(out, "not found: not found")
+}
+
 func processImageTemplates(ctx *context.Context, docker config.Docker) ([]string, error) {
 	// nolint:prealloc
 	var images []string
diff --git a/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go b/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
index 1d692b9a4..39426214b 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -1428,3 +1428,14 @@ func TestDependencies(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, []string{"docker", "docker"}, Pipe{}.Dependencies(ctx))
 	require.Equal(t, []string{"docker", "docker"}, ManifestPipe{}.Dependencies(ctx))
 }
+
+func TestIsFileNotFoundError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("executable not in path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		require.False(t, isFileNotFoundError(`error getting credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-desktop": executable file not found in $PATH, out:`))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("file not found", func(t *testing.T) {
+		require.True(t, isFileNotFoundError(`./foo: file not found`))
+		require.True(t, isFileNotFoundError(`./foo: not found: not found`))
+	})
+}