diff --git a/v2/controller/internal/commit/commit.go b/v2/controller/internal/commit/commit.go
index 8895b55..3d96e6c 100644
--- a/v2/controller/internal/commit/commit.go
+++ b/v2/controller/internal/commit/commit.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/api/types"
 	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/cmd/container"
 	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/cmd/image"
-	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/cmd/login"
 	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/containerutil"
 	ncdefaults "github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/defaults"
 	nerderrutil "github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/errutil"
@@ -104,15 +103,8 @@ func NewCommitter(
 	var conn *grpc.ClientConn
 	var err error
 
-	// login to registry
-	err = login.Login(context.Background(), types.LoginCommandOptions{
-		GOptions:      *newGlobalOptionConfigWithSnapshotter(snapshotter),
-		ServerAddress: registryAddr,
-		Username:      registryUsername,
-		Password:      registryPassword,
-	}, io.Discard)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if err := registerRegistryCredentials(registryAddr, registryUsername, registryPassword); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("register registry credentials: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// retry to connect
diff --git a/v2/controller/internal/commit/registry_auth.go b/v2/controller/internal/commit/registry_auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b175773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/controller/internal/commit/registry_auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package commit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v2/pkg/imgutil/dockerconfigresolver"
+)
+
+// registerRegistryCredentials writes registry credentials to the nerdctl/docker config store.
+// nerdctl login fails for HTTPS registries on port 443 when the registry omits the port in
+// WWW-Authenticate (acArg host vs host:443 mismatch); storing credentials directly avoids that.
+func registerRegistryCredentials(registryAddr, username, password string) error {
+	registryURL, err := dockerconfigresolver.Parse(registryAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	credStore, err := dockerconfigresolver.NewCredentialsStore("")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	credentials := &dockerconfigresolver.Credentials{
+		Username: username,
+		Password: password,
+	}
+	if err := credStore.Store(registryURL, credentials); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("save registry credentials: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Match nerdctl login: also store without explicit :443 for default HTTPS port.
+	if registryURL.Port() == dockerconfigresolver.StandardHTTPSPort {
+		registryURL.Host = registryURL.Hostname()
+		if err := credStore.Store(registryURL, credentials); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("save registry credentials (host without port): %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}