PHPStorm: docker client version 1.24 is too old

By admin , 4 February, 2026

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phpstorm
docker

After another Docker update on Kubuntu 24.04, PhpStorm started throwing an error

com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException: com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException: Status 400: client version 1.24 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.44, please upgrade your client to a newer version

There are two ways to fix this:

Downgrade Docker to version 28
Set DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION=1.24

Let’s dive deeper into the second option.
Open the systemd unit file for Docker:

sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service

Inside the [Service] section, add the following line:

Environment=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION=1.24

Save the file and exit the editor.
Reload systemd’s configuration and restart Docker:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker