diff --git a/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_kurtosis_backend/consts/consts.go b/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_kurtosis_backend/consts/consts.go
index a13632c54e..dc5816377b 100644
--- a/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_kurtosis_backend/consts/consts.go
+++ b/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_kurtosis_backend/consts/consts.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const (
 	EngineConfigLocalDir       = "/run/engine"
 
 	//The Docker network name where all the containers in the engine and logs service context will be added
-	NameOfNetworkToStartEngineAndLogServiceContainersIn = "bridge"
+	NameOfNetworkToStartEngineAndLogServiceContainersIn = "podman"
 	HttpApplicationProtocol                             = "http"
 
 	GitHubAuthStorageDirPath = "/kurtosis-data/github-auth/"