diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 53b3fb7..9c73064 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 **/build-harness
 
 *.lock.*
+.vendir-tmp
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 628b372..92ef86a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ build-harness
 .idea
 *.iml
 *.lock.*
+.vendir-tmp
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ff2758b..2fdb906 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ COPY --from=cli /usr/cli/$CLI_NAME /usr/local/bin
 
 COPY rootfs/ /
 COPY stacks/ /stacks/
-COPY vendor/ /vendor/
+COPY vendir.yml /vendir.yml
 
 WORKDIR /
diff --git a/cli/main.variant b/cli/main.variant
index 7e7d5d3..5dbaf9e 100644
--- a/cli/main.variant
+++ b/cli/main.variant
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ option "config-dir" {
 }
 
 option "vendor-config-path" {
-  default     = "./vendor/vendir.yml"
+  default     = "./vendir.yml"
   description = "Path to the vendor configuration file"
   type        = string
 }
diff --git a/vendor/vendir.yml b/vendir.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/vendir.yml
rename to vendir.yml