`fuse-overlayfs` has been added as a runtime dependency to podman. podman will now prefer this storage driver to the `vfs` fallback driver. To switch to the new storage driver, podman has to be reset: # podman system reset To keep the `vfs` driver, add this to `/etc/containers/storage.conf` or `~/.config/containers/storage.conf`: [storage] driver="vfs" Otherwise podman will display an error and refuse any further operation. Additionally the `btrfs` storage driver has been enabled. This driver is also available for rootless operation. Reset podman and add the following to your `storage.conf` to switch to this driver: [storage] driver="btrfs"