diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 8e6049e94eb..2fc64118ba6 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: const etcdImage
 
   - name: "docker"
-    version: 18.09
+    version: 19.03
     refPaths:
     - path: cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
       match: latestValidatedDockerVersion
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
index 01d1f14f32a..85bb0d4de23 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (d *DockerValidator) Name() string {
 
 const (
 	dockerConfigPrefix           = "DOCKER_"
-	latestValidatedDockerVersion = "18.09"
+	latestValidatedDockerVersion = "19.03"
 )
 
 // Validate is part of the system.Validator interface.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
index 132c3b9cb37..1617813d07c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestValidateDockerInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		Reporter: DefaultReporter,
 	}
 	spec := &DockerSpec{
-		Version:     []string{`1\.13\..*`, `17\.0[3,6,9]\..*`, `18\.0[6,9]\..*`},
+		Version:     []string{`1\.13\..*`, `17\.0[3,6,9]\..*`, `18\.0[6,9]\..*`, `19\.03\..*`},
 		GraphDriver: []string{"driver_1", "driver_2"},
 	}
 	for _, test := range []struct {
@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ func TestValidateDockerInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			warn: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "Docker version 19.01.0 is not in the list of validated versions",
-			info: dockerInfo{Driver: "driver_2", ServerVersion: "19.01.0"},
+			name: "valid Docker version 19.03.1-ce",
+			info: dockerInfo{Driver: "driver_2", ServerVersion: "19.03.1-ce"},
+			err:  false,
+			warn: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Docker version 19.06.0 is not in the list of validated versions",
+			info: dockerInfo{Driver: "driver_2", ServerVersion: "19.06.0"},
 			err:  false,
 			warn: true,
 		},
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/types_unix.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/types_unix.go
index b4902d37601..ea11416481b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/types_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/types_unix.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var DefaultSysSpec = SysSpec{
 	Cgroups: []string{"cpu", "cpuacct", "cpuset", "devices", "freezer", "memory"},
 	RuntimeSpec: RuntimeSpec{
 		DockerSpec: &DockerSpec{
-			Version:     []string{`1\.1[1-3]\..*`, `17\.0[3,6,9]\..*`, `18\.0[6,9]\..*`},
+			Version:     []string{`1\.1[1-3]\..*`, `17\.0[3,6,9]\..*`, `18\.0[6,9]\..*`, `19\.03\..*`},
 			GraphDriver: []string{"aufs", "overlay", "overlay2", "devicemapper", "zfs"},
 		},
 	},