diff --git a/pkg/plugins/client.go b/pkg/plugins/client.go
index 10f6a001cf..45fb3844be 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/client.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/client.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	dummyHost = "plugin.moby.localhost"
 )
 
-func newTransport(addr string, tlsConfig *tlsconfig.Options) (transport.Transport, error) {
+func newTransport(addr string, tlsConfig *tlsconfig.Options) (*transport.HTTPTransport, error) {
 	tr := &http.Transport{}
 
 	if tlsConfig != nil {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func NewClientWithTimeout(addr string, tlsConfig *tlsconfig.Options, timeout tim
 }
 
 // newClientWithTransport creates a new plugin client with a given transport.
-func newClientWithTransport(tr transport.Transport, timeout time.Duration) *Client {
+func newClientWithTransport(tr *transport.HTTPTransport, timeout time.Duration) *Client {
 	return &Client{
 		http: &http.Client{
 			Transport: tr,
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/transport/http.go b/pkg/plugins/transport/http.go
index e1d08505ed..e4c1979b8b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/transport/http.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/transport/http.go
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// httpTransport holds an http.RoundTripper
+// HTTPTransport holds an [http.RoundTripper]
 // and information about the scheme and address the transport
 // sends request to.
-type httpTransport struct {
+type HTTPTransport struct {
 	http.RoundTripper
 	scheme string
 	addr   string
 }
 
-// NewHTTPTransport creates a new httpTransport.
-func NewHTTPTransport(r http.RoundTripper, scheme, addr string) Transport {
-	return httpTransport{
+// NewHTTPTransport creates a new HTTPTransport.
+func NewHTTPTransport(r http.RoundTripper, scheme, addr string) *HTTPTransport {
+	return &HTTPTransport{
 		RoundTripper: r,
 		scheme:       scheme,
 		addr:         addr,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewHTTPTransport(r http.RoundTripper, scheme, addr string) Transport {
 
 // NewRequest creates a new http.Request and sets the URL
 // scheme and address with the transport's fields.
-func (t httpTransport) NewRequest(path string, data io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {
+func (t HTTPTransport) NewRequest(path string, data io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
 		path = "/" + path
 	}