diff --git a/pkg/api/dryrunclient.go b/pkg/api/dryrunclient.go
index 13d18761d..c5926be83 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dryrunclient.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dryrunclient.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type execDetails struct {
 }
 
 // NewDryRunClient produces a DryRunClient
-func NewDryRunClient(apiClient client.APIClient, cli *command.DockerCli) (*DryRunClient, error) {
+func NewDryRunClient(apiClient client.APIClient, cli command.Cli) (*DryRunClient, error) {
 	b, err := builder.New(cli, builder.WithSkippedValidation())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/compose/compose.go b/pkg/compose/compose.go
index 9f9c564f7..3d6835c0a 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/compose.go
@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ func (s *composeService) DryRunMode(ctx context.Context, dryRun bool) (context.C
 		if err != nil {
 			return ctx, err
 		}
-		err = cli.Initialize(flags.NewClientOptions(), command.WithInitializeClient(func(cli *command.DockerCli) (client.APIClient, error) {
-			return api.NewDryRunClient(s.apiClient(), cli)
+
+		options := flags.NewClientOptions()
+		options.Context = s.dockerCli.CurrentContext()
+		err = cli.Initialize(options, command.WithInitializeClient(func(cli *command.DockerCli) (client.APIClient, error) {
+			return api.NewDryRunClient(s.apiClient(), s.dockerCli)
 		}))
 		if err != nil {
 			return ctx, err