After upgrading to docker version 29.0.0, the API version is 1.52 (minimum version 1.44).
Traefik uses 1.24 so it has stopped working
ERR github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/docker/pdocker.go:156 > Provider error, retrying in 26.370093276s error="Error response from daemon: client version 1.24 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.44, please upgrade your client to a newer version" providerName=docker
Same here after updating packages on my linux server.It was a docker cd packages update.I think they broke something.Let's hope they fixed it soon.I'm using traefik too for reverse proxy.I don't know where is the problem,on the docker or in the traefik.
I've got the same error in traefik logs:
2025-11-11T08:26:54+02:00 ERR Provider error, retrying in 2.637428756s error="Error response from daemon: client version 1.24 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.44, please upgrade your client to a newer version" providerName=docker
Check this link too:
Please team treafik fix this issue.
Same issue here using docker 29 and traefik v3
Debug logs show:
ERR github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/docker/pdocker.go:85 > Failed to retrieve information of the docker client and server host error="Error response from daemon: client version 1.24 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.44, please upgrade your client to a newer version" providerName=docker
It also talks about the version downgrading to 1.24 here:
Am sure the devs will know more about what is going on. Same issue here as well.
I also tried to force API Version via DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.52 (and tried 1.44), but always seemed to downgrade to 1.24. 
See Error response from daemon: client version 1.24 is too old · Issue #12253 · traefik/traefik · GitHub. Help is underway.
Ouch this was a rough! Just found out my all my websites crashed while I was sleeping because of this.
The dynamic file base still works for me; it's just the Traefik label issues. I have to change all my labels to file-based for now.
A temporary workaround is downgrading docker-ce (e.g. this command on debian 13: apt install docker-ce=5:28.5.2-1~debian.13~trixie).
Yeah this was very rough. I didn’t know how to downgrade docker to specific version. I was very scared 
to use unknown commands provided by Docker’s own AI Gordon. But somehow it worked and I downgraded. Now I am never updating ubuntu unless this issue is resolved.
Please keep me updated.
I ran into the same issue yesterday while using Traefik 3.5.6. I had installed Docker from the official Docker package repository (not the Ubuntu-provided one).
After upgrading to Docker 29, the problem appeared. Rolling back to Docker 28.5.2immediately resolved it — everything started working again.
To revert Docker to version 28.5.2:
sudo systemctl stop docker
sudo systemctl stop containerd
# For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
sudo apt-get install docker-ce=5:28.5.2-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble \
docker-ce-cli=5:28.5.2-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble \
docker-ce-rootless-extras=5:28.5.2-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble \
containerd.io=1.7.28-2~ubuntu.24.04~noble
# Continue Ubuntu updates while keeping Docker unchanged
sudo apt-mark hold docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-ce-rootless-extras containerd.io
sudo systemctl start containerd
sudo systemctl start docker
docker --version
This will restore Docker to the previous stable version compatible with your stack.
If you prefer to keep Docker 29, you can set the minimum API version so Traefik works correctly.
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/min_api_version.conf
[Service]
Environment="DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION=1.24"
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker
sudo systemctl show docker | grep DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
Both methods work, but downgrading Docker is usually the fastest way to restore a broken stack, while setting the minimum API version allows you to keep Docker 29 but maintain compatibility with Traefik.
Also working solution.
Set min-api-version in your Docker daemon.json file.
{
"min-api-version": "1.24"
}
Solution taken from https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-engine-version-29/
As root, on vm :
jq '. + {"min-api-version": "1.24"}' /etc/docker/daemon.json | tee /tmp/daemon.json
mv -f /tmp/daemon.json /etc/docker/daemon.json systemctl restart docker
Latest Traefik release v3.6.1 should fix the issue with Docker API
Thank God the official docker image is also available now!
For those who still using traefik v2, there is release too
Hi,
We’re having the same problem
Breaks with Docker 4.52 ( and still broken with 4.53 )
4.51 is the latest version that worked with Traefik
because Traefik is not working with the latest Docker engine v29.0.0
Docker desktop v 4.52 and up are using this engine:
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4520
Please fix this Traefik, we need to be able to upgrade our Docker
Not sure what your issue is, but others reported it working (long thread). Maybe try a workaround like the env var mentioned there.
Hi,
This is the issue I get when running Docker 4.52 and 4.53
Because Traefik is not working with the latest Docker engine v29.0.0, which Docker 4.52 and 4.53 ( latest versions ) use:
2025-11-27T13:30:49Z ERR Failed to retrieve information of the docker client and server host error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
2025-11-27T13:30:49Z ERR Provider error, retrying in 749.82068ms error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
2025-11-27T13:30:49Z ERR Failed to retrieve information of the docker client and server host error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
2025-11-27T13:30:49Z ERR Provider error, retrying in 580.372036ms error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
2025-11-27T13:30:50Z ERR Failed to retrieve information of the docker client and server host error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
2025-11-27T13:30:50Z ERR Provider error, retrying in 628.583016ms error="Error response from daemon: " providerName=docker
Hi again,
Just wanted you to know that updating traefik 3.4 -> 3.6.2 solves the issue
We can now run Docker 4.52 alongside traefik again
Please note, there is no Docker 4.52, you probably mean Docker Desktop, which is a developer tool. Make sure to use the full phrase so people know what you mean, especially when you want to post on the Docker forum.