diff --git a/samcli/commands/package/package_context.py b/samcli/commands/package/package_context.py
index 48b4b777df..aaeb6635b5 100644
--- a/samcli/commands/package/package_context.py
+++ b/samcli/commands/package/package_context.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 import boto3
 import click
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 
 from samcli.commands.package.exceptions import PackageFailedError
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.intrinsic_resolver.intrinsics_symbol_table import IntrinsicsSymbolTable
 from samcli.lib.package.artifact_exporter import Template
 from samcli.lib.package.code_signer import CodeSigner
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def run(self):
         )
         ecr_client = boto3.client("ecr", config=get_boto_config_with_user_agent(region_name=region_name))
 
-        docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
 
         s3_uploader = S3Uploader(
             s3_client, self.s3_bucket, self.s3_prefix, self.kms_key_id, self.force_upload, self.no_progressbar
diff --git a/samcli/lib/build/app_builder.py b/samcli/lib/build/app_builder.py
index 5dbfcab965..50ddbd74e0 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/build/app_builder.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/build/app_builder.py
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 import pathlib
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict, cast, NamedTuple
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 import docker.errors
 from aws_lambda_builders import (
     RPC_PROTOCOL_VERSION as lambda_builders_protocol_version,
 )
 from aws_lambda_builders.builder import LambdaBuilder
 from aws_lambda_builders.exceptions import LambdaBuilderError
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.build.build_graph import FunctionBuildDefinition, LayerBuildDefinition, BuildGraph
 from samcli.lib.build.build_strategy import (
     DefaultBuildStrategy,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._parallel = parallel
         self._mode = mode
         self._stream_writer = stream_writer if stream_writer else StreamWriter(stream=osutils.stderr(), auto_flush=True)
-        self._docker_client = docker_client if docker_client else docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self._docker_client = docker_client if docker_client else docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
 
         self._deprecated_runtimes = DEPRECATED_RUNTIMES
         self._colored = Colored()
diff --git a/samcli/lib/constants.py b/samcli/lib/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9dd1d3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/lib/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION = "1.35"
diff --git a/samcli/lib/package/ecr_uploader.py b/samcli/lib/package/ecr_uploader.py
index 4c6e714b81..f2d4371407 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/package/ecr_uploader.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/package/ecr_uploader.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import botocore
 import click
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 from docker.errors import APIError, BuildError
 
 from samcli.commands.package.exceptions import (
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
     DockerPushFailedError,
     ECRAuthorizationError,
 )
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.docker.log_streamer import LogStreamer, LogStreamError
 from samcli.lib.package.image_utils import tag_translation
 from samcli.lib.utils.osutils import stderr
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ECRUploader:
     def __init__(
         self, docker_client, ecr_client, ecr_repo, ecr_repo_multi, no_progressbar=False, tag="latest", stream=stderr()
     ):
-        self.docker_client = docker_client if docker_client else docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self.docker_client = docker_client if docker_client else docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
         self.ecr_client = ecr_client
         self.ecr_repo = ecr_repo
         self.ecr_repo_multi = ecr_repo_multi
diff --git a/samcli/lib/package/image_utils.py b/samcli/lib/package/image_utils.py
index 5fefbfcd53..b5a0a6bf83 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/package/image_utils.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/package/image_utils.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 Image artifacts based utilities
 """
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 from docker.errors import APIError, NullResource
 
 from samcli.commands.package.exceptions import DockerGetLocalImageFailedError
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.package.utils import is_ecr_url
 
 SHA_CHECKSUM_TRUNCATION_LENGTH = 12
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def tag_translation(image, docker_image_id=None, gen_tag="latest"):
 
     if not docker_image_id:
         try:
-            docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+            docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
             docker_image_id = docker_client.images.get(image).id
         except APIError as ex:
             raise DockerGetLocalImageFailedError(str(ex)) from ex
diff --git a/samcli/lib/sync/flows/image_function_sync_flow.py b/samcli/lib/sync/flows/image_function_sync_flow.py
index cf9ff34871..f313fa6661 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/sync/flows/image_function_sync_flow.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/sync/flows/image_function_sync_flow.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 import docker
 from docker.client import DockerClient
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 
 from samcli.lib.build.app_builder import ApplicationBuilder, ApplicationBuildResult
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.package.ecr_uploader import ECRUploader
 from samcli.lib.providers.provider import Stack
 from samcli.lib.sync.flows.function_sync_flow import FunctionSyncFlow, wait_for_function_update_complete
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
     def _get_docker_client(self) -> DockerClient:
         """Lazy instantiates and returns the docker client"""
         if not self._docker_client:
-            self._docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+            self._docker_client = docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
         return self._docker_client
 
     def _get_ecr_client(self) -> Any:
diff --git a/samcli/lib/utils/file_observer.py b/samcli/lib/utils/file_observer.py
index 77928007ef..8ccf25cd9a 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/utils/file_observer.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/utils/file_observer.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import docker
 from docker import DockerClient
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 from docker.errors import ImageNotFound
 from docker.types import CancellableStream
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEvent, FileSystemEventHandler, PatternMatchingEventHandler
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 from watchdog.observers.api import BaseObserver, ObservedWatch
 
 from samcli.cli.global_config import Singleton
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.utils.hash import dir_checksum, file_checksum
 from samcli.lib.utils.packagetype import IMAGE, ZIP
 from samcli.local.lambdafn.config import FunctionConfig
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def __init__(self, on_change: Callable) -> None:
         """
         self._observed_images: Dict[str, str] = {}
         self._input_on_change: Callable = on_change
-        self.docker_client: DockerClient = docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self.docker_client: DockerClient = docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
         self.events: CancellableStream = self.docker_client.events(filters={"type": "image"}, decode=True)
         self._images_observer_thread: Optional[Thread] = None
         self._lock: Lock = threading.Lock()
diff --git a/samcli/lib/utils/system_info.py b/samcli/lib/utils/system_info.py
index 03c6173b45..4ecd0f56b7 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/utils/system_info.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/utils/system_info.py
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ def _gather_docker_info() -> str:
     import contextlib
 
     import docker
-    from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 
+    from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
     from samcli.local.docker.utils import is_docker_reachable
 
-    with contextlib.closing(docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)) as client:
+    with contextlib.closing(docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)) as client:
         if is_docker_reachable(client):
             return cast(str, client.version().get("Version", "Not available"))
         return "Not available"
diff --git a/samcli/local/docker/container.py b/samcli/local/docker/container.py
index a6205c8e26..e70f7c2a1f 100644
--- a/samcli/local/docker/container.py
+++ b/samcli/local/docker/container.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 import docker
 import requests
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 from docker.errors import NotFound as DockerNetworkNotFound
 
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.utils.retry import retry
 from samcli.lib.utils.tar import extract_tarfile
 from samcli.local.docker.effective_user import ROOT_USER_ID, EffectiveUser
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._logs_thread = None
 
         # Use the given Docker client or create new one
-        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
 
         # Runtime properties of the container. They won't have value until container is created or started
         self.id = None
diff --git a/samcli/local/docker/lambda_image.py b/samcli/local/docker/lambda_image.py
index 14ba00d06a..285e1b81e7 100644
--- a/samcli/local/docker/lambda_image.py
+++ b/samcli/local/docker/lambda_image.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 
 from samcli.commands.local.cli_common.user_exceptions import (
     DockerDistributionAPIError,
     ImageBuildException,
 )
 from samcli.commands.local.lib.exceptions import InvalidIntermediateImageError
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.utils.architecture import has_runtime_multi_arch_image
 from samcli.lib.utils.packagetype import IMAGE, ZIP
 from samcli.lib.utils.stream_writer import StreamWriter
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def __init__(self, layer_downloader, skip_pull_image, force_image_build, docker_
         self.layer_downloader = layer_downloader
         self.skip_pull_image = skip_pull_image
         self.force_image_build = force_image_build
-        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
         self.invoke_images = invoke_images
 
     def build(self, runtime, packagetype, image, layers, architecture, stream=None, function_name=None):
diff --git a/samcli/local/docker/manager.py b/samcli/local/docker/manager.py
index 45db09bce7..a035003bb0 100644
--- a/samcli/local/docker/manager.py
+++ b/samcli/local/docker/manager.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import threading
 
 import docker
-from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 
+from samcli.lib.constants import DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION
 from samcli.lib.utils.stream_writer import StreamWriter
 from samcli.local.docker import utils
 from samcli.local.docker.container import Container
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, docker_network_id=None, docker_client=None, skip_pull_image=F
 
         self.skip_pull_image = skip_pull_image
         self.docker_network_id = docker_network_id
-        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION)
+        self.docker_client = docker_client or docker.from_env(version=DOCKER_MIN_API_VERSION)
         self.do_shutdown_event = do_shutdown_event
 
         self._lock = threading.Lock()