diff --git a/cmd/notation/login.go b/cmd/notation/login.go
index cf66fc28a..b55caf023 100644
--- a/cmd/notation/login.go
+++ b/cmd/notation/login.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func runLogin(ctx context.Context, opts *loginOpts) error {
 				registryName, urlDocHowToAuthenticate)
 		}
 
-		// the credential already exists somewhere, ignore the saving error
+		// the credential already exists but is in plaintext, ignore the saving error
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: The credentials store is not set up. It is recommended to configure the credentials store to securely store your credentials. See %s.\n", urlDocHowToAuthenticate)
 		fmt.Println("Authenticated with existing credentials")
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 90039a6cf..a5f07a35b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0-rc.6
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc3
-	github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.1
+	github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.2-0.20230609092929-bf5244c85f2a
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20221128193559-754e69321358 // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2fa66b0fa..7c81c837a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46t
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 h1:xtCHsjxogADNZcdv1pKUHXryefjlVRqWqIhk/uXJp0A=
-github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0/go.mod h1:rETQfLdHNT3foU5kuNkFR1R1V12OJRRO5lzt2D1b5X0=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.4.0 h1:ri0ArlOR+5XunOP8CRUowT0pSJOwhW098ZCUyskZD88=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:TA1xS00nchWmaBnEIxPSE5oHLuJBAVvqrtAnWBwBCVo=
 github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.4 h1:vXT6d/FNDiELJnLb6hGNa309LMsrCoYFvpwHDF0+Y1A=
@@ -25,8 +23,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc3 h1:fzg1mXZFj8YdPeNkRXMg+zb88BFV0Ys52cJydRwBkb8=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc3/go.mod h1:X4pATf0uXsnn3g5aiGIsVnJBR4mxhKzfwmvK/B2NTm8=
-github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.1 h1:9EHrcJ1LcC7N9w2rfB9n8c1be+6IacnmFxywltQHecI=
-github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.1/go.mod h1:188MBZBQQbrLlrOZY37hc8Z4Xjl+wP3PaIJkJuk94JM=
+github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.2-0.20230609092929-bf5244c85f2a h1:9EfGz03gbAnD3kZaHxUZUphSMYpxzzPs3NtaUomxMOo=
+github.com/oras-project/oras-credentials-go v0.1.2-0.20230609092929-bf5244c85f2a/go.mod h1:JVdg7a5k7hzTrEeeouwag0aCv7OLrS77r7/6w3gVirU=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
diff --git a/internal/auth/credentials.go b/internal/auth/credentials.go
index 27f259549..c803dab16 100644
--- a/internal/auth/credentials.go
+++ b/internal/auth/credentials.go
@@ -15,15 +15,30 @@ func NewCredentialsStore() (credentials.Store, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load config file: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// use notation config
 	opts := credentials.StoreOptions{AllowPlaintextPut: false}
-	primaryStore, err := credentials.NewStore(configPath, opts)
+	notationStore, err := credentials.NewStore(configPath, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create credential store from config file: %w", err)
 	}
+	if notationStore.IsAuthConfigured() {
+		return notationStore, nil
+	}
 
-	fallbackStore, err := credentials.NewStoreFromDocker(opts)
+	// use docker config
+	dockerStore, err := credentials.NewStoreFromDocker(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create credential store from docker config file: %w", err)
 	}
-	return credentials.NewStoreWithFallbacks(primaryStore, fallbackStore), nil
+	if dockerStore.IsAuthConfigured() {
+		return dockerStore, nil
+	}
+
+	// detect platform-default native store
+	if osDefaultStore, ok := credentials.NewDefaultNativeStore(); ok {
+		return osDefaultStore, nil
+	}
+	// if the default store is not available, still use notation store so that
+	// there won't be errors when getting credentials
+	return notationStore, nil
 }