diff --git a/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/Parser.swift b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/Parser.swift
index ef209df5c..0dbf38972 100644
--- a/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/Parser.swift
+++ b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/Parser.swift
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public struct Parser {
         }
         var directives = defaultDirectives
         for part in parts {
-            let keyVal = part.split(separator: "=", maxSplits: 2)
+            let keyVal = part.split(separator: "=", maxSplits: 1)
             var key = String(keyVal[0])
             var skipValue = false
             switch key {
diff --git a/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ParserTest.swift b/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ParserTest.swift
index 0dcc6f7cf..4ff6df4c6 100644
--- a/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ParserTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/ParserTest.swift
@@ -457,6 +457,26 @@ struct ParserTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    func testMountBindSourceContainingEquals() throws {
+        let tempDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("test-bind-eq-\(UUID().uuidString)=v1")
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: tempDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+        defer {
+            try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: tempDir)
+        }
+
+        let result = try Parser.mount("type=bind,src=\(tempDir.path),dst=/foo")
+
+        switch result {
+        case .filesystem(let fs):
+            #expect(fs.source == tempDir.path)
+            #expect(fs.destination == "/foo")
+            #expect(!fs.isVolume)
+        case .volume:
+            #expect(Bool(false), "Expected filesystem mount, got volume")
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     func testMountVolumeValidName() throws {
         let result = try Parser.mount("type=volume,src=myvolume,dst=/data")