diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6240e3ce3..e521316a2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "chalk": "^5.1.2",
         "execa": "^6.1.0",
         "fs-extra": "^10.1.0",
+        "is-wsl": "^2.2.0",
         "java-invoke-local": "0.0.6",
         "jose": "^4.10.3",
         "js-string-escape": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63b1d9f38..dcdf3c688 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     "chalk": "^5.1.2",
     "execa": "^6.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^10.1.0",
+    "is-wsl": "^2.2.0",
     "java-invoke-local": "0.0.6",
     "jose": "^4.10.3",
     "js-string-escape": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/src/lambda/handler-runner/docker-runner/DockerContainer.js b/src/lambda/handler-runner/docker-runner/DockerContainer.js
index 63c162638..b9841a9c6 100644
--- a/src/lambda/handler-runner/docker-runner/DockerContainer.js
+++ b/src/lambda/handler-runner/docker-runner/DockerContainer.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { execa } from 'execa'
 import { ensureDir, pathExists } from 'fs-extra'
 import jszip from 'jszip'
 import pRetry from 'p-retry'
+import isWsl from 'is-wsl'
 import DockerImage from './DockerImage.js'
 
 const { stringify } = JSON
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ export default class DockerContainer {
       dockerArgs.push('-e', `${key}=${value}`)
     })
 
-    if (platform() === 'linux') {
+    if (platform() === 'linux' && !isWsl) {
       // Add `host.docker.internal` DNS name to access host from inside the container
       // https://github.com/docker/for-linux/issues/264
       const gatewayIp = await this.#getBridgeGatewayIp()