diff --git a/api/server/middleware/version_test.go b/api/server/middleware/version_test.go
index a102f8e6c4daf..74c358b359935 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware/version_test.go
+++ b/api/server/middleware/version_test.go
@@ -2,27 +2,27 @@ package middleware // import "github.com/docker/docker/api/server/middleware"
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
 	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
 )
 
 func TestVersionMiddlewareVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultVersion := "1.10.0"
-	minVersion := "1.2.0"
-	expectedVersion := defaultVersion
+	expectedVersion := "<not set>"
 	handler := func(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
 		v := httputils.VersionFromContext(ctx)
 		assert.Check(t, is.Equal(expectedVersion, v))
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	m := NewVersionMiddleware(defaultVersion, defaultVersion, minVersion)
+	m := NewVersionMiddleware("1.2.3", api.DefaultVersion, api.MinSupportedAPIVersion)
 	h := m.WrapHandler(handler)
 
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/containers/json", nil)
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ func TestVersionMiddlewareVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		errString       string
 	}{
 		{
-			expectedVersion: "1.10.0",
+			expectedVersion: api.DefaultVersion,
 		},
 		{
-			reqVersion:      "1.9.0",
-			expectedVersion: "1.9.0",
+			reqVersion:      api.MinSupportedAPIVersion,
+			expectedVersion: api.MinSupportedAPIVersion,
 		},
 		{
 			reqVersion: "0.1",
-			errString:  "client version 0.1 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.2.0, please upgrade your client to a newer version",
+			errString:  fmt.Sprintf("client version 0.1 is too old. Minimum supported API version is %s, please upgrade your client to a newer version", api.MinSupportedAPIVersion),
 		},
 		{
 			reqVersion: "9999.9999",
-			errString:  "client version 9999.9999 is too new. Maximum supported API version is 1.10.0",
+			errString:  fmt.Sprintf("client version 9999.9999 is too new. Maximum supported API version is %s", api.DefaultVersion),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ func TestVersionMiddlewareWithErrorsReturnsHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	defaultVersion := "1.10.0"
-	minVersion := "1.2.0"
-	m := NewVersionMiddleware(defaultVersion, defaultVersion, minVersion)
+	m := NewVersionMiddleware("1.2.3", api.DefaultVersion, api.MinSupportedAPIVersion)
 	h := m.WrapHandler(handler)
 
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/containers/json", nil)
@@ -85,8 +83,8 @@ func TestVersionMiddlewareWithErrorsReturnsHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Check(t, is.ErrorContains(err, ""))
 
 	hdr := resp.Result().Header
-	assert.Check(t, is.Contains(hdr.Get("Server"), "Docker/"+defaultVersion))
+	assert.Check(t, is.Contains(hdr.Get("Server"), "Docker/1.2.3"))
 	assert.Check(t, is.Contains(hdr.Get("Server"), runtime.GOOS))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(hdr.Get("API-Version"), defaultVersion))
+	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(hdr.Get("API-Version"), api.DefaultVersion))
 	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(hdr.Get("OSType"), runtime.GOOS))
 }