diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index eb52dcad..8f44661d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 ENV GOLANG_ARCH_amd64=amd64 GOLANG_ARCH_arm=armv6l GOLANG_ARCH_arm64=arm64 GOLANG_ARCH=GOLANG_ARCH_${ARCH} \
     GOPATH=/go PATH=/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH} SHELL=/bin/bash
 
-RUN wget -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.19.3.linux-${!GOLANG_ARCH}.tar.gz | tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
+RUN wget -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.20.4.linux-${!GOLANG_ARCH}.tar.gz | tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
 
 RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.52.2
 
diff --git a/cluster/plan.go b/cluster/plan.go
index 21c77ae8..02021659 100644
--- a/cluster/plan.go
+++ b/cluster/plan.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var (
 	parsedRangeAtLeast123       = semver.MustParseRange(">= 1.23.0-rancher0")
 	parsedRangeAtLeast124       = semver.MustParseRange(">= 1.24.0-rancher0")
 	parsedRangeAtLeast125       = semver.MustParseRange(">= 1.25.0-rancher0")
+	parsedRangeBelow127         = semver.MustParseRange("< 1.27.0-rancher0")
 	parsedRange123              = semver.MustParseRange(">=1.23.0-rancher0 <=1.23.99-rancher-0")
 	parsedRange124              = semver.MustParseRange(">=1.24.0-rancher0 <=1.24.99-rancher-0")
 )
@@ -505,12 +506,14 @@ func (c *Cluster) BuildKubeletProcess(host *hosts.Host, serviceOptions v3.Kubern
 	var Binds []string
 
 	if c.IsCRIDockerdEnabled() {
-		CommandArgs["container-runtime"] = "remote"
-		CommandArgs["container-runtime-endpoint"] = "/var/run/dockershim.sock"
 		parsedVersion, err := getClusterVersion(c.Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Debugf("Error while parsing cluster version: %s", err)
 		}
+		if parsedRangeBelow127(parsedVersion) {
+			CommandArgs["container-runtime"] = "remote" // This flag has been removed from v1.27 https://v1-26.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/
+		}
+		CommandArgs["container-runtime-endpoint"] = "/var/run/dockershim.sock"
 		// cri-dockerd must be enabled if the cluster version is 1.24 and higher
 		if parsedRangeAtLeast124(parsedVersion) {
 			CommandArgs["container-runtime-endpoint"] = "unix:///var/run/cri-dockerd.sock"
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 80ab06a2..bb7e97d9 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -381,11 +381,11 @@ func RestartContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname, con
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to restart container: docker client is nil for container [%s] on host [%s]", containerName, hostname)
 	}
 	var err error
-	restartTimeout := RestartTimeout * time.Second
+	restartTimeout := RestartTimeout
 	// Retry up to RetryCount times to see if image exists
 	for i := 1; i <= RetryCount; i++ {
 		logrus.Infof("Restarting container [%s] on host [%s], try #%d", containerName, hostname, i)
-		err = dClient.ContainerRestart(ctx, containerName, &restartTimeout)
+		err = dClient.ContainerRestart(ctx, containerName, container.StopOptions{Timeout: &restartTimeout})
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Warningf("Can't restart Docker container [%s] for host [%s]: %v", containerName, hostname, err)
 			continue
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@ func StopContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname string,
 	}
 	var err error
 	// define the stop timeout
-	stopTimeoutDuration := StopTimeout * time.Second
+	stopTimeout := StopTimeout
 	// Retry up to RetryCount times to see if image exists
 	for i := 1; i <= RetryCount; i++ {
-		logrus.Infof("Stopping container [%s] on host [%s] with stopTimeoutDuration [%s], try #%d", containerName, hostname, stopTimeoutDuration, i)
-		err = dClient.ContainerStop(ctx, containerName, &stopTimeoutDuration)
+		logrus.Infof("Stopping container [%s] on host [%s] with stopTimeout [%d], try #%d", containerName, hostname, stopTimeout, i)
+		err = dClient.ContainerStop(ctx, containerName, container.StopOptions{Timeout: &stopTimeout})
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Warningf("Can't stop Docker container [%s] for host [%s]: %v", containerName, hostname, err)
 			continue
@@ -453,11 +453,11 @@ func StartContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname string
 	return err
 }
 
-func CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname string, containerName string, imageCfg *container.Config, hostCfg *container.HostConfig) (container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody, error) {
+func CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname string, containerName string, imageCfg *container.Config, hostCfg *container.HostConfig) (container.CreateResponse, error) {
 	if dClient == nil {
-		return container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create container: docker client is nil for container [%s] on host [%s]", containerName, hostname)
+		return container.CreateResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create container: docker client is nil for container [%s] on host [%s]", containerName, hostname)
 	}
-	var created container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody
+	var created container.CreateResponse
 	var err error
 	// Retry up to RetryCount times to see if image exists
 	for i := 1; i <= RetryCount; i++ {
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname strin
 		}
 		return created, nil
 	}
-	return container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create Docker container [%s] on host [%s]: %v", containerName, hostname, err)
+	return container.CreateResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create Docker container [%s] on host [%s]: %v", containerName, hostname, err)
 }
 
 func InspectContainer(ctx context.Context, dClient *client.Client, hostname string, containerName string) (types.ContainerJSON, error) {