diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/409-docker-api.yml b/changelogs/fragments/409-docker-api.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e24be58cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/409-docker-api.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+major_changes:
+  - "docker_network_info - no longer uses the Docker SDK for Python. It requires ``requests`` to be installed,
+     and depending on the features used has some more requirements. If the Docker SDK for Python is installed,
+     these requirements are likely met (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/409)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_network_info.py b/plugins/modules/docker_network_info.py
index 202c7617d..18a65924e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_network_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_network_info.py
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@
     type: str
     required: yes
 extends_documentation_fragment:
-- community.docker.docker
-- community.docker.docker.docker_py_1_documentation
+- community.docker.docker.api_documentation
 
 
 author:
   - "Dave Bendit (@DBendit)"
 
 requirements:
-  - "L(Docker SDK for Python,https://docker-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) >= 1.8.0"
   - "Docker API >= 1.25"
 '''
 
@@ -102,16 +100,11 @@
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
-try:
-    from docker.errors import DockerException
-except ImportError:
-    # missing Docker SDK for Python handled in ansible.module_utils.docker.common
-    pass
-
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.common import (
+from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.common_api import (
     AnsibleDockerClient,
     RequestException,
 )
+from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils._api.errors import DockerException
 
 
 def main():
@@ -133,10 +126,10 @@ def main():
             network=network,
         )
     except DockerException as e:
-        client.fail('An unexpected docker error occurred: {0}'.format(to_native(e)), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+        client.fail('An unexpected Docker error occurred: {0}'.format(to_native(e)), exception=traceback.format_exc())
     except RequestException as e:
         client.fail(
-            'An unexpected requests error occurred when Docker SDK for Python tried to talk to the docker daemon: {0}'.format(to_native(e)),
+            'An unexpected requests error occurred when trying to talk to the Docker daemon: {0}'.format(to_native(e)),
             exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_network_info/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_network_info/tasks/main.yml
index 4d4ff698f..34f46559a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/docker_network_info/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_network_info/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         - "'is too new. Maximum supported API version is' in docker_inspect.stderr"
     when: docker_inspect is failed
 
-  when: docker_py_version is version('1.8.0', '>=') and docker_api_version is version('1.25', '>=')
+  when: docker_api_version is version('1.25', '>=')
 
 - fail: msg="Too old docker / docker-py version to run docker_network_info tests!"
-  when: not(docker_py_version is version('1.8.0', '>=') and docker_api_version is version('1.25', '>=')) and (ansible_distribution != 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 6)
+  when: not(docker_api_version is version('1.25', '>=')) and (ansible_distribution != 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 6)