diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
index 75ebf8b4330..48977766f3b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (d *DockerValidator) validateDockerInfo(spec *DockerSpec, info types.Info)
 	if !matched {
 		// If it's of the new Docker version scheme but didn't match above, it
 		// must be a newer version than the most recently validated one.
-		ver := `\d{2}\.\d+\.\d+-[a-z]{2}`
+		ver := `\d{2}\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[a-z]{2})?`
 		r := regexp.MustCompile(ver)
 		if r.MatchString(info.ServerVersion) {
 			d.Reporter.Report(dockerConfigPrefix+"VERSION", info.ServerVersion, good)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
index 058143e5674..19b7e9adf37 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/system/docker_validator_test.go
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ func TestValidateDockerInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			err:  false,
 			warn: false,
 		},
+		{
+			info: types.Info{Driver: "driver_2", ServerVersion: "18.09.0"},
+			err:  false,
+			warn: true,
+		},
 	} {
 		warn, err := v.validateDockerInfo(spec, test.info)
 		if !test.err {