diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/dockerapi/server.py b/data/Dockerfiles/dockerapi/server.py
index b406b5ee..63916eb8 100644
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/dockerapi/server.py
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/dockerapi/server.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import docker
 import signal
 import time
 
-docker_client = docker.DockerClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock')
+docker_client = docker.DockerClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock', version='auto')
 app = Flask(__name__)
 api = Api(app)