diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index d34d1817e2..6a9661ad94 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ module github.com/docker/cli
 
 go 1.18
 
+// use a replace rule to prevent go mod downgrading (because master gets v24.0.0-rc.2.xxx pseudo-versions)
+replace github.com/docker/docker => github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible
+
 require (
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.21
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible
-	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible // replaced; this is master / v25.0.0-dev; see replace rule above.
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0
diff --git a/vendor.sum b/vendor.sum
index 484f9acd13..8bd500531f 100644
--- a/vendor.sum
+++ b/vendor.sum
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.0.0-20191128021309-1d7a30a10f73/go.mod h1:xb
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible h1:Q50tZOPR6T/hjNsyc9g8/syEs6bk8XXApsHjKukMl68=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
-github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2+incompatible h1:ItFfSgvZ73G/8pg5Yd6XLnif7zpeurAREnRbd7u6v04=
-github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible h1:JH72n+pwNXSy/3lBlzKDQ22RcL+tDqVOU5O6m/dLuho=
+github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 h1:xtCHsjxogADNZcdv1pKUHXryefjlVRqWqIhk/uXJp0A=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0/go.mod h1:rETQfLdHNT3foU5kuNkFR1R1V12OJRRO5lzt2D1b5X0=
 github.com/docker/go v1.5.1-1.0.20160303222718-d30aec9fd63c h1:lzqkGL9b3znc+ZUgi7FlLnqjQhcXxkNM/quxIjBVMD0=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/common.go b/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/common.go
index cba66bc462..37e553d418 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/common.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/common.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package api // import "github.com/docker/docker/api"
 // Common constants for daemon and client.
 const (
 	// DefaultVersion of Current REST API
-	DefaultVersion = "1.43"
+	DefaultVersion = "1.44"
 
 	// NoBaseImageSpecifier is the symbol used by the FROM
 	// command to specify that no base image is to be used.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/swagger.yaml b/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/swagger.yaml
index c2943888d7..aa82fe0f5e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/vendor/github.com/docker/docker/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ produces:
 consumes:
   - "application/json"
   - "text/plain"
-basePath: "/v1.43"
+basePath: "/v1.44"
 info:
   title: "Docker Engine API"
-  version: "1.43"
+  version: "1.44"
   x-logo:
     url: "https://docs.docker.com/assets/images/logo-docker-main.png"
   description: |
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ info:
     the URL is not supported by the daemon, a HTTP `400 Bad Request` error message
     is returned.
 
-    If you omit the version-prefix, the current version of the API (v1.43) is used.
-    For example, calling `/info` is the same as calling `/v1.43/info`. Using the
+    If you omit the version-prefix, the current version of the API (v1.44) is used.
+    For example, calling `/info` is the same as calling `/v1.44/info`. Using the
     API without a version-prefix is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 
     Engine releases in the near future should support this version of the API,
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 0f692af999..4c20eeee98 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/transport
 github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/cache
 github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/cache/memory
 github.com/docker/distribution/uuid
-# github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2+incompatible
+# github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible => github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible
 ## explicit
 github.com/docker/docker/api
 github.com/docker/docker/api/types
@@ -406,3 +406,4 @@ gotest.tools/v3/internal/format
 gotest.tools/v3/internal/source
 gotest.tools/v3/poll
 gotest.tools/v3/skip
+# github.com/docker/docker => github.com/docker/docker v24.0.0-rc.2.0.20230506131059-88f4bf4ae4ba+incompatible