diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/run.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/run.ts
index 6cf4a7af70840..362c34d416743 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/run.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/run.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ export async function runDockerGenerator(
     'kibana-docker',
     build.isOss() ? `oss` : `default${ubiImageFlavor}`
   );
-  const dockerOutputDir = config.resolveFromTarget(
-    `kibana${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}-${version}-docker.tar.gz`
+  const dockerTargetFilename = config.resolveFromTarget(
+    `kibana${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}-${version}-docker-image.tar.gz`
   );
   const scope: TemplateContext = {
     artifactTarball,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export async function runDockerGenerator(
     artifactsDir,
     imageTag,
     dockerBuildDir,
-    dockerOutputDir,
+    dockerTargetFilename,
     baseOSImage,
     ubiImageFlavor,
     dockerBuildDate,
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/template_context.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/template_context.ts
index a7c40db44b87e..49fb173c5a896 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/template_context.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/template_context.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface TemplateContext {
   artifactsDir: string;
   imageTag: string;
   dockerBuildDir: string;
-  dockerOutputDir: string;
+  dockerTargetFilename: string;
   baseOSImage: string;
   ubiImageFlavor: string;
   dockerBuildDate: string;
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/build_docker_sh.template.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/build_docker_sh.template.ts
index 699bba758e1c9..86a02d74dea15 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/build_docker_sh.template.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/build_docker_sh.template.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function generator({
   imageTag,
   imageFlavor,
   version,
-  dockerOutputDir,
+  dockerTargetFilename,
   baseOSImage,
   ubiImageFlavor,
 }: TemplateContext) {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function generator({
   echo "Building: kibana${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}-docker"; \\
   docker build -t ${imageTag}${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}:${version} -f Dockerfile . || exit 1;
 
-  docker save ${imageTag}${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}:${version} | gzip -c > ${dockerOutputDir}
+  docker save ${imageTag}${imageFlavor}${ubiImageFlavor}:${version} | gzip -c > ${dockerTargetFilename}
 
   exit 0
   `);