diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate.go b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate.go
index 2000e5b142..752b1cb0ef 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package manager
 
 import (
-	"os/exec"
+	exec "golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
 // Candidate represents a possible plugin candidate, for mocking purposes
diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
index eaac482622..50f7208ea3 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package manager
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config"
 	"github.com/fvbommel/sortorder"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	exec "golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
 // ReexecEnvvar is the name of an ennvar which is set to the command
diff --git a/cli/command/image/build/context.go b/cli/command/image/build/context.go
index 24a9d525b5..2509f66de4 100644
--- a/cli/command/image/build/context.go
+++ b/cli/command/image/build/context.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/streamformatter"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stringid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	exec "golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cli/config/credentials/default_store.go b/cli/config/credentials/default_store.go
index 7a760f1a97..402235bff0 100644
--- a/cli/config/credentials/default_store.go
+++ b/cli/config/credentials/default_store.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package credentials
 
 import (
-	"os/exec"
+	exec "golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
 // DetectDefaultStore return the default credentials store for the platform if
diff --git a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
index 4c5783fb3b..128da447b5 100644
--- a/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
+++ b/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	exec "golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
 // New returns net.Conn