diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adcc11d..f35ed91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and **Merged pull requests**. Critical items to know are:
 The versions coincide with releases on pip. Only major versions will be released as tags on Github.
 
 ## [0.0.x](https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/tree/main) (0.0.x)
+ - align provider config_path type annotations (0.2.24)
  - add missing prefix property to auth backend (0.2.23)
  - allow for filepaths to include `:` (0.2.22)
  - release request (0.2.21)
diff --git a/oras/provider.py b/oras/provider.py
index e1d04c1..809ee12 100644
--- a/oras/provider.py
+++ b/oras/provider.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def login(
         password_stdin: bool = False,
         tls_verify: bool = True,
         hostname: Optional[str] = None,
-        config_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        config_path: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> dict:
         """
         Login to a registry.
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ def login(
         :type tls_verify: bool
         :param hostname: the hostname to login to
         :type hostname: str
-        :param config_path: list of config paths to add
-        :type config_path: list
+        :param config_path: custom config path to add credentials to
+        :type config_path: str
         """
         # Read password from stdin
         if password_stdin:
@@ -729,7 +729,9 @@ def push(
         """
         container = self.get_container(target)
         files = files or []
-        self.auth.load_configs(container, configs=config_path)
+        self.auth.load_configs(
+            container, configs=[config_path] if config_path else None
+        )
 
         # Prepare a new manifest
         manifest = oras.oci.NewManifest()
@@ -867,7 +869,9 @@ def pull(
         :type target: str
         """
         container = self.get_container(target)
-        self.auth.load_configs(container, configs=config_path)
+        self.auth.load_configs(
+            container, configs=[config_path] if config_path else None
+        )
         manifest = self.get_manifest(container, allowed_media_type)
         outdir = outdir or oras.utils.get_tmpdir()
         overwrite = overwrite
diff --git a/oras/tests/test_oras.py b/oras/tests/test_oras.py
index 0f16f71..7ebff96 100644
--- a/oras/tests/test_oras.py
+++ b/oras/tests/test_oras.py
@@ -190,3 +190,40 @@ def test_directory_push_pull_selfsigned_auth(
     assert str(tmp_path) in files[0]
     assert os.path.exists(files[0])
     assert "artifact.txt" in os.listdir(files[0])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.with_auth(True)
+def test_custom_docker_config_path(tmp_path, registry, credentials, target_dir):
+    """
+    Custom docker config_path for login, push, pull
+    """
+    my_dockercfg_path = tmp_path / "myconfig.json"
+    client = oras.client.OrasClient(
+        hostname=registry, tls_verify=False, auth_backend="basic"
+    )
+    res = client.login(
+        hostname=registry,
+        tls_verify=False,
+        username=credentials.user,
+        password=credentials.password,
+        config_path=my_dockercfg_path,  # <-- for login
+    )
+    assert res["Status"] == "Login Succeeded"
+
+    # Test push/pull with custom docker config_path
+    upload_dir = os.path.join(here, "upload_data")
+    res = client.push(
+        files=[upload_dir], target=target_dir, config_path=my_dockercfg_path
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 201
+
+    files = client.pull(
+        target=target_dir, outdir=tmp_path, config_path=my_dockercfg_path
+    )
+    assert len(files) == 1
+    assert os.path.basename(files[0]) == "upload_data"
+    assert str(tmp_path) in files[0]
+    assert os.path.exists(files[0])
+    assert "artifact.txt" in os.listdir(files[0])
+
+    client.logout(registry)
diff --git a/oras/version.py b/oras/version.py
index 7e49a30..2501083 100644
--- a/oras/version.py
+++ b/oras/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 __copyright__ = "Copyright The ORAS Authors."
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 
-__version__ = "0.2.23"
+__version__ = "0.2.24"
 AUTHOR = "Vanessa Sochat"
 EMAIL = "vsoch@users.noreply.github.com"
 NAME = "oras"