diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index 14661bd9635..9952d4e4299 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func getDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint string) string {
 func ConnectToDockerOrDie(dockerEndpoint string) DockerInterface {
 	if dockerEndpoint == "fake://" {
 		return &FakeDockerClient{
-			VersionInfo: docker.Env{"ApiVersion=1.16"},
+			VersionInfo: docker.Env{"ApiVersion=1.18"},
 		}
 	}
 	client, err := docker.NewClient(getDockerEndpoint(dockerEndpoint))