diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2cdfec9..83c7a30 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
       - containerd.io
       - docker-compose
 
+- name: "Install the Docker API"
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: docker
+    state: latest
+
 - name: "Download lazydocker"
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
     url: "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/releases/download/v{{ docker_lazydocker_version }}/lazydocker_{{ docker_lazydocker_version }}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"