diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
index 2ed889d3..428fd62b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
@@ -5710,7 +5710,7 @@ public void writeDevcMetadata(boolean alive) {
             metadataWriter = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamWriter(metaFileWriter) ;
             metadataWriter.writeStartDocument();
             metadataWriter.writeStartElement("devcModeMetaData");
-            writeElement(metadataWriter, "containerEngine", isDocker ? DEVC_CONTAINER_DOCKER : DEVC_CONTAINER_PODMAN);
+            writeElement(metadataWriter, "containerType", isDocker ? DEVC_CONTAINER_DOCKER : DEVC_CONTAINER_PODMAN);
             writeElement(metadataWriter, "containerName", containerName != null ? containerName : DEVMODE_CONTAINER_BASE_NAME);
             writeElement(metadataWriter, "imageName", imageName);
             if (containerfile != null) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtilTest.java
index 13527f25..3069b33f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtilTest.java
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public void testWriteDevcMetadataSimple() throws XMLStreamException, FactoryConf
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerName>liberty-dev</containerName"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerAlive>true</containerAlive>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerBuildTimeout>600</containerBuildTimeout>"));
-        assertTrue(content.contains("<containerEngine>docker</containerEngine>"));
+        assertTrue(content.contains("<containerType>docker</containerType>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerRunOpts></containerRunOpts>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<imageName></imageName>"));
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ public void testWriteDevcMetadataSimple() throws XMLStreamException, FactoryConf
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerName>liberty-dev</containerName"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerAlive>false</containerAlive>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerBuildTimeout>600</containerBuildTimeout>"));
-        assertTrue(content.contains("<containerEngine>docker</containerEngine>"));
+        assertTrue(content.contains("<containerType>docker</containerType>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<containerRunOpts></containerRunOpts>"));
         assertTrue(content.contains("<imageName></imageName>"));
     }