diff --git a/tests/toolbox.pm b/tests/toolbox.pm
index 1221166a..1013f0fe 100644
--- a/tests/toolbox.pm
+++ b/tests/toolbox.pm
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ sub run {
         assert_script_run "curl -o /var/tmp/toolbox.tar.gz $image", 300;
         # this registers the downloaded image such that `toolbox create`
         # will use it, rather than downloading one. it takes a while
-
-        assert_script_run "skopeo copy docker-archive:/var/tmp/toolbox.tar.gz containers-storage:registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:$relnum", 600;
+        my $format = $image =~ "oci" ? "oci-archive" : "docker-archive";
+        assert_script_run "skopeo copy $format:/var/tmp/toolbox.tar.gz containers-storage:registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:$relnum", 600;
         # we do not pass -y this time as we do not want to allow a
         # download, if toolbox wants to do one, something has gone
         # wrong. unfortunately there is no -n so we just have to let