diff --git a/internal/docker/client.go b/internal/docker/client.go
index 7c419e69..5d1cfca9 100644
--- a/internal/docker/client.go
+++ b/internal/docker/client.go
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ func NewClient(cfg types.DockerProviderConfig, unique ...bool) (*SharedClient, e
 	var addr string
 	var dial func(ctx context.Context) (net.Conn, error)
 
-	opt = append(opt, client.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
-
 	if agent.IsDockerHostAgent(host) {
 		a, ok := agentpool.Get(host)
 		if !ok {
@@ -200,6 +198,8 @@ func NewClient(cfg types.DockerProviderConfig, unique ...bool) (*SharedClient, e
 		opt = append(opt, client.WithTLSClientConfig(cfg.TLS.CAFile, cfg.TLS.CertFile, cfg.TLS.KeyFile))
 	}
 
+	opt = append(opt, client.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
+
 	client, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(opt...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err