diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/sgtsilvio/gradle/oci/OciRegistryDataTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/sgtsilvio/gradle/oci/OciRegistryDataTask.kt
index 613ca82e..fab616d7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/sgtsilvio/gradle/oci/OciRegistryDataTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/sgtsilvio/gradle/oci/OciRegistryDataTask.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ abstract class OciRegistryDataTask : OciImagesInputTask() {
         val repositoriesDirectory = registryDataDirectory.resolve("repositories").createDirectory()
 
         for ((digest, layer) in digestToLayer) {
-            blobsDirectory.resolveDigestFile(digest).createLinkPointingTo(layer.toPath())
+            blobsDirectory.resolveDigestFile(digest).createSymbolicLinkPointingTo(layer.toPath())
         }
         for ((resolvedComponent, imageReferences) in resolvedComponentToImageReferences) {
             writeImage(resolvedComponent, imageReferences, blobsDirectory, repositoriesDirectory)