diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/253-chdir-min-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/253-chdir-min-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d30923b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/253-chdir-min-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "docker_container_exec - disallow using the ``chdir`` option for Docker API before 1.35 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/253)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
index 90c6e30a..9a8e4025 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     option_minimal_versions = dict(
-        chdir=dict(docker_py_version='3.0.0'),
+        chdir=dict(docker_py_version='3.0.0', docker_api_version='1.35'),
     )
 
     client = AnsibleDockerClient(