diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cb512b54b..ca3d23bb2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1
-	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5
 	github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.1
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c237ab46..2d8184ab0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJw
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1/go.mod h1:qpqAh3Dmcf36wStyyWU+kCeDgrGnAve2nCC8+7h8Q0M=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
-github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5 h1:Ii+DKncOVM8Cu1Hc+ETb5K+23HdAMvESYE3ZJ5b5cMI=
-github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5/go.mod h1:iIss55rKnNBTvrwdmkUpLnDpZoAHvWaiq5+iMmen4AE=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registry_test.go b/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
index 76d6fcb16..5f745c8a1 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth/token"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/inmemory"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-	"github.com/phayes/freeport"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
@@ -145,10 +144,12 @@ func setup(suite *TestRegistry, tlsEnabled, insecure bool, auth string) {
 	config.Storage = map[string]configuration.Parameters{"inmemory": map[string]any{}}
 
 	if auth == "token" {
-		port, err := freeport.GetFreePort()
+		ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
 		suite.Nil(err, "no error finding free port for test auth server")
+		defer ln.Close()
 
-		suite.AuthServerHost = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port)
+		//set test auth server host
+		suite.AuthServerHost = ln.Addr().String()
 
 		config.Auth = configuration.Auth{
 			"token": configuration.Parameters{