diff --git a/steps/container.py b/steps/container.py
index 575c940..ca1d328 100644
--- a/steps/container.py
+++ b/steps/container.py
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 import time
 import multiprocessing as mp
 
-try:
-    d = docker.Client(version="1.22")
-except:
-    d = docker.APIClient(version="1.22")
+# A future version of Cekit will expose this to us, for now we hard-code
+DOCKER_API_VERSION = "1.35"
+
+d = docker.APIClient(version=DOCKER_API_VERSION)
 
 
 class ExecException(Exception):
diff --git a/steps/image_steps.py b/steps/image_steps.py
index 6b18ca7..01ff4a0 100644
--- a/steps/image_steps.py
+++ b/steps/image_steps.py
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 
 from behave import then
 
+# A future version of Cekit will expose this to us, for now we hard-code
+DOCKER_API_VERSION = "1.35"
 
-try:
-    DOCKER_CLIENT = docker.Client(version="1.22")
-except:
-    DOCKER_CLIENT = docker.APIClient(version="1.22")
-
+DOCKER_CLIENT = docker.APIClient(version=DOCKER_API_VERSION)
 
 @then(u'the image should contain label {label}')
 @then(u'the image should contain label {label} {check} value {value}')