diff --git a/components/cli/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/client/client.go b/components/cli/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/client/client.go
index 2072b2f806..893124853f 100644
--- a/components/cli/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/client/client.go
+++ b/components/cli/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/client/client.go
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func (cli *Client) NegotiateAPIVersionPing(p types.Ping) {
 		cli.version = api.DefaultVersion
 	}
 
-	// if server version is lower than the maximum version supported by the Client, downgrade
-	if versions.LessThan(p.APIVersion, api.DefaultVersion) {
+	// if server version is lower than the client version, downgrade
+	if versions.LessThan(p.APIVersion, cli.version) {
 		cli.version = p.APIVersion
 	}
 }