diff --git a/pkg/compose/apiSocket.go b/pkg/compose/apiSocket.go
index 4bd2aabead..1c347528e5 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/apiSocket.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/apiSocket.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (s *composeService) useAPISocket(project *types.Project) (*types.Project, e
 		return nil, errors.New("use_api_socket can't be used with a Windows Docker Engine")
 	}
 
-	creds, err := s.dockerCli.ConfigFile().GetAllCredentials()
+	creds, err := s.configFile().GetAllCredentials()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolving credentials failed: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/commit.go b/pkg/compose/commit.go
index 85d19df7c7..d466679108 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/commit.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (s *composeService) commit(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options
 		return err
 	}
 
-	clnt := s.dockerCli.Client()
+	clnt := s.apiClient()
 
 	w := progress.ContextWriter(ctx)
 
diff --git a/pkg/compose/compose.go b/pkg/compose/compose.go
index 52f2e1b509..38fe15ab27 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/compose.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type composeService struct {
 func (s *composeService) Close() error {
 	var errs []error
 	if s.dockerCli != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, s.dockerCli.Client().Close())
+		errs = append(errs, s.apiClient().Close())
 	}
 	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ var runtimeVersion runtimeVersionCache
 
 func (s *composeService) RuntimeVersion(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	runtimeVersion.once.Do(func() {
-		version, err := s.dockerCli.Client().ServerVersion(ctx)
+		version, err := s.apiClient().ServerVersion(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			runtimeVersion.err = err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/export.go b/pkg/compose/export.go
index 183b3eee46..73161cf5f9 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/export.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/export.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *composeService) export(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to export container: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	clnt := s.dockerCli.Client()
+	clnt := s.apiClient()
 
 	w := progress.ContextWriter(ctx)
 
diff --git a/pkg/compose/publish.go b/pkg/compose/publish.go
index b2a9127ae6..ad57d830d4 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/publish.go
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ func (s *composeService) publish(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, re
 			return err
 		}
 
-		config := s.dockerCli.ConfigFile()
-		resolver := oci.NewResolver(config)
+		resolver := oci.NewResolver(s.configFile())
 
 		descriptor, err := oci.PushManifest(ctx, resolver, named, layers, options.OCIVersion)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/compose/pull.go b/pkg/compose/pull.go
index 6dfb07bc27..a5cb2a2fb4 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/pull.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/pull.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (s *composeService) pull(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, opts
 
 		idx := i
 		eg.Go(func() error {
-			_, err := s.pullServiceImage(ctx, service, s.configFile(), w, opts.Quiet, project.Environment["DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM"])
+			_, err := s.pullServiceImage(ctx, service, w, opts.Quiet, project.Environment["DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM"])
 			if err != nil {
 				pullErrors[idx] = err
 				if service.Build != nil {
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@ func getUnwrappedErrorMessage(err error) string {
 	return err.Error()
 }
 
-func (s *composeService) pullServiceImage(ctx context.Context, service types.ServiceConfig,
-	configFile driver.Auth, w progress.Writer, quietPull bool, defaultPlatform string,
-) (string, error) {
+func (s *composeService) pullServiceImage(ctx context.Context, service types.ServiceConfig, w progress.Writer, quietPull bool, defaultPlatform string) (string, error) {
 	w.Event(progress.Event{
 		ID:     service.Name,
 		Status: progress.Working,
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ func (s *composeService) pullServiceImage(ctx context.Context, service types.Ser
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	encodedAuth, err := encodedAuth(ref, configFile)
+	encodedAuth, err := encodedAuth(ref, s.configFile())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -330,7 +328,7 @@ func (s *composeService) pullRequiredImages(ctx context.Context, project *types.
 		var mutex sync.Mutex
 		for name, service := range needPull {
 			eg.Go(func() error {
-				id, err := s.pullServiceImage(ctx, service, s.configFile(), w, quietPull, project.Environment["DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM"])
+				id, err := s.pullServiceImage(ctx, service, w, quietPull, project.Environment["DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM"])
 				mutex.Lock()
 				defer mutex.Unlock()
 				pulledImages[name] = api.ImageSummary{
diff --git a/pkg/compose/push.go b/pkg/compose/push.go
index 8d8b3691b0..8ae66bc50e 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/push.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/push.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2/types"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
-	"github.com/docker/buildx/driver"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/image"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *composeService) push(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, optio
 
 		for _, tag := range tags {
 			eg.Go(func() error {
-				err := s.pushServiceImage(ctx, tag, s.configFile(), w, options.Quiet)
+				err := s.pushServiceImage(ctx, tag, w, options.Quiet)
 				if err != nil {
 					if !options.IgnoreFailures {
 						return err
@@ -84,13 +83,13 @@ func (s *composeService) push(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, optio
 	return eg.Wait()
 }
 
-func (s *composeService) pushServiceImage(ctx context.Context, tag string, configFile driver.Auth, w progress.Writer, quietPush bool) error {
+func (s *composeService) pushServiceImage(ctx context.Context, tag string, w progress.Writer, quietPush bool) error {
 	ref, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(tag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	authConfig, err := configFile.GetAuthConfig(registry.GetAuthConfigKey(reference.Domain(ref)))
+	authConfig, err := s.configFile().GetAuthConfig(registry.GetAuthConfigKey(reference.Domain(ref)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/wait.go b/pkg/compose/wait.go
index e7628abd21..6cf88b0b3a 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/wait.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s *composeService) Wait(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options a
 	for _, ctr := range containers {
 		eg.Go(func() error {
 			var err error
-			resultC, errC := s.dockerCli.Client().ContainerWait(waitCtx, ctr.ID, "")
+			resultC, errC := s.apiClient().ContainerWait(waitCtx, ctr.ID, "")
 
 			select {
 			case result := <-resultC: