diff --git a/api/python/quilt3/main.py b/api/python/quilt3/main.py
index f43cb4f5987..cf24513f163 100644
--- a/api/python/quilt3/main.py
+++ b/api/python/quilt3/main.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def cmd_disable_telemetry():
 
 
 def cmd_list_packages(registry):
-    for package_name in get_package_registry(registry).list_packages:
+    for package_name in get_package_registry(registry).list_packages():
         print(package_name)
 
 
diff --git a/api/python/tests/test_cli.py b/api/python/tests/test_cli.py
index ec99c65a8a3..b4879fa2353 100644
--- a/api/python/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/api/python/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -89,3 +90,15 @@ def test_push_with_meta_data(
             # check for expected stderr exception message
             captured = capsys.readouterr()
             assert expected_stderr in captured.err
+
+
+def test_list_packages(capsys):
+    registry = 's3://my_test_bucket/'
+    pkg_names = ['foo/bar', 'foo/bar1', 'foo1/bar']
+    with patch('quilt3.backends.s3.S3PackageRegistryV1.list_packages') as list_packages_mock:
+        list_packages_mock.return_value = pkg_names
+        main.main(('list-packages', registry))
+
+        list_packages_mock.assert_called_once_with()
+        captured = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert captured.out.split() == pkg_names
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 5482de62e2f..800193769b7 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 ## CLI
 * [Added] Add `meta` argument to the push command
   ([#1793](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/issues/1793))
+* [Fixed] Fix a crash of `list-packages` command
+  ([#1852](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/issues/1852))
 
 ## Catalog