diff --git a/packages/docker/src/dockerCommands/container.ts b/packages/docker/src/dockerCommands/container.ts
index f3d9246..68c3f26 100644
--- a/packages/docker/src/dockerCommands/container.ts
+++ b/packages/docker/src/dockerCommands/container.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ export async function containerPorts(id: string): Promise<string[]> {
   return portMappings.split('\n').filter(p => !!p)
 }
 
+export async function getContainerEnvValue(
+  id: string,
+  name: string
+): Promise<string> {
+  const dockerArgs = [
+    'inspect',
+    `--format='{{range $index, $value := .Config.Env}}{{if eq (index (split $value "=") 0) "${name}"}}{{index (split $value "=") 1}}{{end}}{{end}}'`,
+    id
+  ]
+  const value = (await runDockerCommand(dockerArgs)).trim()
+  const lines = value.split('\n')
+  return lines.length ? lines[0].replace(/^'/, '').replace(/'$/, '') : ''
+}
+
 export async function registryLogin(registry?: Registry): Promise<string> {
   if (!registry) {
     return ''
@@ -346,7 +360,16 @@ export async function containerExecStep(
   }
 
   if (args.prependPath?.length) {
-    dockerArgs.push('-e', `"PATH=${args.prependPath.join(':')}:$PATH"`)
+    // TODO: remove compatibility with typeof prependPath === 'string' as we bump to next major version, the hooks will lose PrependPath compat with runners 2.293.0 and older
+    const prependPath =
+      typeof args.prependPath === 'string'
+        ? args.prependPath
+        : args.prependPath.join(':')
+
+    dockerArgs.push(
+      '-e',
+      `PATH=${prependPath}:${await getContainerEnvValue(containerId, 'PATH')}`
+    )
   }
 
   dockerArgs.push(containerId)
diff --git a/packages/docker/tests/run-script-step-test.ts b/packages/docker/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
index 429ae3b..227657e 100644
--- a/packages/docker/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
+++ b/packages/docker/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,28 @@ describe('run script step', () => {
       runScriptStep(definitions.runScriptStep.args, prepareJobResponse.state)
     ).resolves.not.toThrow()
   })
+
+  it('Should have path variable changed in container with prepend path string', async () => {
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.prependPath = '/some/path'
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.entryPoint = '/bin/bash'
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.entryPointArgs = [
+      '-c',
+      `if [[ ! $(env | grep "^PATH=") = "PATH=${definitions.runScriptStep.args.prependPath}:"* ]]; then exit 1; fi`
+    ]
+    await expect(
+      runScriptStep(definitions.runScriptStep.args, prepareJobResponse.state)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('Should have path variable changed in container with prepend path string array', async () => {
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.prependPath = ['/some/other/path']
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.entryPoint = '/bin/bash'
+    definitions.runScriptStep.args.entryPointArgs = [
+      '-c',
+      `if [[ ! $(env | grep "^PATH=") = "PATH=${definitions.runScriptStep.args.prependPath}:"* ]]; then exit 1; fi`
+    ]
+    await expect(
+      runScriptStep(definitions.runScriptStep.args, prepareJobResponse.state)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
index 2cf7d5f..9bdf5ec 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ export function writeEntryPointScript(
 ): { containerPath: string; runnerPath: string } {
   let exportPath = ''
   if (prependPath?.length) {
-    exportPath = `export PATH=${prependPath.join(':')}:$PATH`
+    // TODO: remove compatibility with typeof prependPath === 'string' as we bump to next major version, the hooks will lose PrependPath compat with runners 2.293.0 and older
+    const prepend =
+      typeof prependPath === 'string' ? prependPath : prependPath.join(':')
+    exportPath = `export PATH=${prepend}:$PATH`
   }
   let environmentPrefix = ''
 
diff --git a/packages/k8s/tests/run-script-step-test.ts b/packages/k8s/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
index a565b4f..70554ee 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/tests/run-script-step-test.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,38 @@ describe('Run script step', () => {
       )
     ).resolves.not.toThrow()
   })
+
+  it('Should have path variable changed in container with prepend path string', async () => {
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.prependPath = '/some/path'
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.entryPoint = '/bin/bash'
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.entryPointArgs = [
+      '-c',
+      `'if [[ ! $(env | grep "^PATH=") = "PATH=${runScriptStepDefinition.args.prependPath}:"* ]]; then exit 1; fi'`
+    ]
+
+    await expect(
+      runScriptStep(
+        runScriptStepDefinition.args,
+        prepareJobOutputData.state,
+        null
+      )
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('Should have path variable changed in container with prepend path string array', async () => {
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.prependPath = ['/some/other/path']
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.entryPoint = '/bin/bash'
+    runScriptStepDefinition.args.entryPointArgs = [
+      '-c',
+      `'if [[ ! $(env | grep "^PATH=") = "PATH=${runScriptStepDefinition.args.prependPath}:"* ]]; then exit 1; fi'`
+    ]
+
+    await expect(
+      runScriptStep(
+        runScriptStepDefinition.args,
+        prepareJobOutputData.state,
+        null
+      )
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
 })