diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1187-docker.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1187-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83794875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1187-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "Docker CLI based modules - work around bug in Docker 29.0.0 that caused a breaking change in ``docker version --format json`` output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/1185, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/1187)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_common_cli.py b/plugins/module_utils/_common_cli.py
index 36484880..74e1a28f 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_common_cli.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_common_cli.py
@@ -126,13 +126,16 @@ class AnsibleDockerClientBase:
         self._info: dict[str, t.Any] | None = None
 
         if needs_api_version:
+            api_version_string = self._version["Server"].get(
+                "ApiVersion"
+            ) or self._version["Server"].get("APIVersion")
             if not isinstance(self._version.get("Server"), dict) or not isinstance(
-                self._version["Server"].get("ApiVersion"), str
+                api_version_string, str
             ):
                 self.fail(
                     "Cannot determine Docker Daemon information. Are you maybe using podman instead of docker?"
                 )
-            self.docker_api_version_str = to_text(self._version["Server"]["ApiVersion"])
+            self.docker_api_version_str = to_text(api_version_string)
             self.docker_api_version = LooseVersion(self.docker_api_version_str)
             min_docker_api_version = min_docker_api_version or "1.25"
             if self.docker_api_version < LooseVersion(min_docker_api_version):