diff --git a/pkg/cli/generate_registry.go b/pkg/cli/generate_registry.go
index cf37af645..6ccda6ec0 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/generate_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/generate_registry.go
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ func (r *Runner) newGenerateRegistryCommand() *cli.Command {
 			// 		Name:  "i",
 			// 		Usage: "Insert a registry to configuration file",
 			// 	},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:    "type",
+				Aliases: []string{"t"},
+				Usage:   "package type",
+				Value:   "github_release",
+			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:  "out-testdata",
 				Usage: "A file path where the testdata is outputted",
diff --git a/pkg/cli/runner.go b/pkg/cli/runner.go
index e097ead4e..beaef2cb8 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/runner.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func (r *Runner) setParam(c *cli.Context, commandName string, param *config.Para
 	param.ConfigFilePath = c.String("config")
 	param.Dest = c.String("o")
 	param.OutTestData = c.String("out-testdata")
+	param.Type = c.String("type")
 	param.OnlyLink = c.Bool("only-link")
 	if commandName == "generate-registry" {
 		param.InsertFile = c.String("i")
diff --git a/pkg/config/package.go b/pkg/config/package.go
index 32f8f6876..a30ff87fe 100644
--- a/pkg/config/package.go
+++ b/pkg/config/package.go
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ type Param struct {
 	Dest                  string
 	HomeDir               string
 	OutTestData           string
+	Type                  string
 	Limit                 int
 	MaxParallelism        int
 	Args                  []string
diff --git a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate.go b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate.go
index f46c53ce7..4ec90a613 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (c *Controller) GenerateRegistry(ctx context.Context, param *config.Param,
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) genRegistry(ctx context.Context, param *config.Param, logE *logrus.Entry, pkgName string) error {
-	pkgInfo, versions := c.getPackageInfo(ctx, logE, pkgName, param.Limit)
+	pkgInfo, versions := c.getPackageInfo(ctx, logE, pkgName, param)
 	if len(param.Commands) != 0 {
 		files := make([]*registry.File, len(param.Commands))
 		for i, cmd := range param.Commands {
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ func (c *Controller) getRelease(ctx context.Context, repoOwner, repoName, versio
 	return release, err //nolint:wrapcheck
 }
 
-func (c *Controller) getPackageInfo(ctx context.Context, logE *logrus.Entry, arg string, limit int) (*registry.PackageInfo, []string) {
+func (c *Controller) getPackageInfo(ctx context.Context, logE *logrus.Entry, arg string, param *config.Param) (*registry.PackageInfo, []string) {
 	pkgName, version, _ := strings.Cut(arg, "@")
 	if strings.HasPrefix(pkgName, "crates.io/") {
 		return c.getCargoPackageInfo(ctx, logE, pkgName)
 	}
 	splitPkgNames := strings.Split(pkgName, "/")
 	pkgInfo := &registry.PackageInfo{
-		Type: "github_release",
+		Type: param.Type,
 	}
 	if len(splitPkgNames) == 1 {
 		pkgInfo.Name = pkgName
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ func (c *Controller) getPackageInfo(ctx context.Context, logE *logrus.Entry, arg
 	} else {
 		pkgInfo.Description = strings.TrimRight(strings.TrimSpace(gomoji.RemoveEmojis(repo.GetDescription())), ".!?")
 	}
-	if limit != 1 && version == "" {
-		return c.getPackageInfoWithVersionOverrides(ctx, logE, pkgName, pkgInfo, limit)
+	if param.Limit != 1 && version == "" {
+		return c.getPackageInfoWithVersionOverrides(ctx, logE, pkgName, pkgInfo, param.Limit)
 	}
 	release, err := c.getRelease(ctx, pkgInfo.RepoOwner, pkgInfo.RepoName, version)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate_internal_test.go b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate_internal_test.go
index c80fdf26b..285652a50 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate_internal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/generate_internal_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2/pkg/cargo"
+	"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2/pkg/config/registry"
 	"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2/pkg/github"
 	"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2/pkg/ptr"
@@ -137,7 +138,10 @@ func TestController_getPackageInfo(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen
 				CratePayload: d.crate,
 			}
 			ctrl := NewController(nil, gh, nil, cargoClient)
-			pkgInfo, _ := ctrl.getPackageInfo(ctx, logE, d.pkgName, 0)
+			pkgInfo, _ := ctrl.getPackageInfo(ctx, logE, d.pkgName, &config.Param{
+				Type: "github_release",
+				Deep: true,
+			})
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(d.exp, pkgInfo); diff != "" {
 				t.Fatal(diff)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/version_overrides.go b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/version_overrides.go
index 1d2261b3a..fa013be28 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/generate-registry/version_overrides.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/generate-registry/version_overrides.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *Controller) getPackageInfoWithVersionOverrides(ctx context.Context, log
 	pkgs := make([]*Package, 0, len(releases))
 	for _, release := range releases {
 		pkgInfo := &registry.PackageInfo{
-			Type:      "github_release",
+			Type:      pkgInfo.Type,
 			RepoOwner: pkgInfo.RepoOwner,
 			RepoName:  pkgInfo.RepoName,
 		}