diff --git a/src/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagement.groovy b/src/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagement.groovy
index dfd20a837..0bba3d7c9 100644
--- a/src/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagement.groovy
+++ b/src/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagement.groovy
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ public class ChangeManagement implements Serializable {
     }
 
     void releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+        Map docker,
         String changeId,
         String transportRequestId,
         String endpoint,
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ public class ChangeManagement implements Serializable {
 
         int rc = executeWithCredentials(
             BackendType.SOLMAN,
-            [:],
+            docker,
             endpoint,
             credentialsId,
             cmd,
diff --git a/test/groovy/TransportRequestReleaseTest.groovy b/test/groovy/TransportRequestReleaseTest.groovy
index b28895926..2eb808fb4 100644
--- a/test/groovy/TransportRequestReleaseTest.groovy
+++ b/test/groovy/TransportRequestReleaseTest.groovy
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class TransportRequestReleaseTest extends BasePiperTest {
         ChangeManagement cm = new ChangeManagement(nullScript) {
 
             void releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+                                         Map docker,
                                          String changeId,
                                          String transportRequestId,
                                          String endpoint,
@@ -374,12 +375,14 @@ public class TransportRequestReleaseTest extends BasePiperTest {
 
         ChangeManagement cm = new ChangeManagement(nullScript) {
             void releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+                                         Map docker,
                                          String changeId,
                                          String transportRequestId,
                                          String endpoint,
                                          String credentialsId,
                                          String clientOpts) {
 
+                receivedParams.docker = docker
                 receivedParams.changeId = changeId
                 receivedParams.transportRequestId = transportRequestId
                 receivedParams.endpoint = endpoint
@@ -391,6 +394,12 @@ public class TransportRequestReleaseTest extends BasePiperTest {
         stepRule.step.transportRequestRelease(script: nullScript, changeDocumentId: '001', transportRequestId: '002', cmUtils: cm)
 
         assert receivedParams == [
+                                  docker: [
+                                      image: 'ppiper/cm-client',
+                                      pullImage: true,
+                                      envVars: [:],
+                                      options: [],
+                                  ],
                                   changeId: '001',
                                   transportRequestId: '002',
                                   endpoint: 'https://example.org/cm',
diff --git a/test/groovy/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagementTest.groovy b/test/groovy/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagementTest.groovy
index 41e072301..1a1fc8c73 100644
--- a/test/groovy/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagementTest.groovy
+++ b/test/groovy/com/sap/piper/cm/ChangeManagementTest.groovy
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ public void testGetCommandLineWithCMClientOpts() {
         script.setReturnValue(JenkinsShellCallRule.Type.REGEX, '-t SOLMAN release-transport.*-cID 001.*-tID 002', 0)
 
         new ChangeManagement(nullScript).releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+            [
+                image: 'ppiper/cm-client',
+                imagePull: true,
+            ],
             '001',
             '002',
             'https://example.org',
@@ -408,6 +412,9 @@ public void testGetCommandLineWithCMClientOpts() {
 
         // no assert required here, since the regex registered above to the script rule is an implicit check for
         // the command line.
+
+        dockerExecuteRule.getDockerParams().dockerImage == 'ppiper/cm-client'
+        dockerExecuteRule.getDockerParams().pullImage == true
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -460,6 +467,10 @@ public void testGetCommandLineWithCMClientOpts() {
         script.setReturnValue(JenkinsShellCallRule.Type.REGEX, 'release-transport.*-cID 001.*-tID 002', 1)
 
         new ChangeManagement(nullScript).releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+            [
+                image: 'ppiper/cm-client',
+                imagePull: true,
+            ],
             '001',
             '002',
             'https://example.org',
diff --git a/vars/transportRequestRelease.groovy b/vars/transportRequestRelease.groovy
index 9d87b185d..b2acf002b 100644
--- a/vars/transportRequestRelease.groovy
+++ b/vars/transportRequestRelease.groovy
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void call(parameters = [:]) {
                     case BackendType.SOLMAN:
 
                         cm.releaseTransportRequestSOLMAN(
+                            configuration.changeManagement.solman.docker,
                             configuration.changeDocumentId,
                             configuration.transportRequestId,
                             configuration.changeManagement.endpoint,