diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/tools/packaging/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index a900f51bb..8ef778ee2 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -218,25 +218,25 @@ install_kata_components() {
 	pushd "${destdir}/${prefix}/bin"
 	cat <<EOT | sudo tee kata-fc
 #!/bin/bash
-${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --kata-config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-fc.toml" \$@
+${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-fc.toml" \$@
 EOT
 	sudo chmod +x kata-fc
 
 	cat <<EOT | sudo tee kata-qemu
 #!/bin/bash
-${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --kata-config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-qemu.toml" \$@
+${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-qemu.toml" \$@
 EOT
 	sudo chmod +x kata-qemu
 
 	cat <<EOT | sudo tee kata-clh
 #!/bin/bash
-${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --kata-config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-clh.toml" \$@
+${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-clh.toml" \$@
 EOT
 	sudo chmod +x kata-clh
 
 	cat <<EOT | sudo tee kata-qemu-virtiofs
 #!/bin/bash
-${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --kata-config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml" \$@
+${prefix}/bin/kata-runtime --config "${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml" \$@
 EOT
 	sudo chmod +x kata-qemu-virtiofs
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh
index b0f458d57..7c5309021 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/scripts/kata-configure-docker.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ configure_docker()
 			--arg config "$config" \
 			--arg runtime "$runtime" \
 			--arg runtime_path "$runtime_path" \
-			'.runtimes[$runtime] = {path: $runtime_path, "runtimeArgs": ["--kata-config", $config]}')
+			'.runtimes[$runtime] = {path: $runtime_path, "runtimeArgs": ["--config", $config]}')
 
 		echo "$result" > "$docker_config_file"
 	done