diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 940d351e..05c1ecc4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc4
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.9.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.4.0
-	kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.6.1
+	kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.7.0-alpha.1.0.20231031031432-25d679a46c78
 )
 
 require (
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v23.0.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker v23.0.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/docker v23.0.3+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1 // indirect
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.6.0 // indirect
+	kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.7.0-alpha.1 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ffc1773..0b6f51c2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-20221208165359-362910506bc2 h1:aBfCb7iqHmDEIp6fBvC/hQUddQfg+3qdYjwzaiP9Hnc=
 github.com/docker/cli v23.0.1+incompatible h1:LRyWITpGzl2C9e9uGxzisptnxAn1zfZKXy13Ul2Q5oM=
 github.com/docker/cli v23.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible h1:Q50tZOPR6T/hjNsyc9g8/syEs6bk8XXApsHjKukMl68=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
-github.com/docker/docker v23.0.1+incompatible h1:vjgvJZxprTTE1A37nm+CLNAdwu6xZekyoiVlUZEINcY=
-github.com/docker/docker v23.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible h1:T3de5rq0dB1j30rp0sA2rER+m322EBzniBPB6ZIzuh8=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
+github.com/docker/docker v23.0.3+incompatible h1:9GhVsShNWz1hO//9BNg/dpMnZW25KydO4wtVxWAIbho=
+github.com/docker/docker v23.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 h1:xtCHsjxogADNZcdv1pKUHXryefjlVRqWqIhk/uXJp0A=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0/go.mod h1:rETQfLdHNT3foU5kuNkFR1R1V12OJRRO5lzt2D1b5X0=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKohAFqRJQ=
@@ -763,10 +763,10 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.6.0 h1:J/1FKzgGRqzFDkq0amBWxCdXXRMrtg5oT3IGtoo9sgU=
-kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.6.0/go.mod h1:c07mqi9Hu2UjPW7lYfHhAAWOlZiB7lo7Vkr4jL5ov/M=
-kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.6.1 h1:we/e3qvllsOoQj0YQht+yNxI+QFLWEmYn4FQ3zAvv9E=
-kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1/xEscOhVGNabr9+rYC5peFDIjphbthYqk8UyHzaPRk=
+kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.7.0-alpha.1 h1:b9EPI/JBeR7cB/cViVXHaKfKpTbMKqRAtXNlePjswsk=
+kcl-lang.io/kcl-artifact-go v0.7.0-alpha.1/go.mod h1:c07mqi9Hu2UjPW7lYfHhAAWOlZiB7lo7Vkr4jL5ov/M=
+kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.7.0-alpha.1.0.20231031031432-25d679a46c78 h1:uvXbJL230YqW8BHPAyq6MMxaa6QXQEqYbH74YAjkMIQ=
+kcl-lang.io/kcl-go v0.7.0-alpha.1.0.20231031031432-25d679a46c78/go.mod h1:71orQfLXck+KxhKs/OJE8pCtWN3x1M29AMYQnUctIKs=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.3 h1:v8PJl+gEAntI1pJ/LCrDgsuk+1PKVavVEPsYIHFE5uY=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.3/go.mod h1:M/uaPdYklze0Vf3AakfarnpoEckvw0ESbRdN8Z1vdJg=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.3.0 h1:lqX1aXdN+DAmDTKjiDyvq85cIaI4RkIKp/PghWlAGIU=
diff --git a/pkg/api/kpm_run.go b/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
index ad3a40c7..5b2c29ad 100644
--- a/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
+++ b/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func RunWithOpt(opts *opt.CompileOptions) (*kcl.KCLResultList, error) {
 				opts.Merge(kcl.WithKFilenames(filepath.Join(opts.PkgPath(), entry)))
 			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		// no entry
+	} else if !opts.HasSettingsYaml() && len(opts.KFilenameList) == 0 {
+		// If no entry, no kcl files and no settings files.
 		opts.Merge(kcl.WithKFilenames(opts.PkgPath()))
 	}
 	opts.Merge(kcl.WithWorkDir(opts.PkgPath()))
diff --git a/pkg/api/kpm_run_test.go b/pkg/api/kpm_run_test.go
index d64d3f15..ac77eeb2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/kpm_run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/kpm_run_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ func TestRunWithOpts(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, utils.RmNewline(string(result.GetRawJsonResult())), utils.RmNewline(string(expectedJson)))
 }
 
+func TestRunWithSettingsOpts(t *testing.T) {
+	pkgPath := getTestDir("test_settings")
+	opts := opt.DefaultCompileOptions()
+	opts.Merge(kcl.WithSettings(filepath.Join(pkgPath, "kcl.yaml")))
+	opts.SetHasSettingsYaml(true)
+	_, err := RunWithOpt(opts)
+	assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
+}
+
 func TestRunTarPkg(t *testing.T) {
 	pkgPath := getTestDir("test_run_tar_in_path")
 	tarPath, _ := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(pkgPath, "test.tar"))
diff --git a/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/kcl.yaml b/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/kcl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d61e8904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/kcl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kcl_cli_configs:
+  files:
+    - ./test.k
diff --git a/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/test.k b/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/test.k
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a979d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/test_data/test_settings/test.k
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+value = 1