diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f2d7b6fc..454d8065 100755
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AUTH_FOR_ORBORUS=
 # CHANGE THIS IF YOU WANT GOOD LOCAL EXECUTIONS:
 OUTER_HOSTNAME=shuffle-backend
 DB_LOCATION=./shuffle-database
-DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.40
+DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.44
 
 # Orborus/Proxy configurations
 HTTP_PROXY=
diff --git a/backend/go-app/go.mod b/backend/go-app/go.mod
index c2d729a7..d8298031 100644
--- a/backend/go-app/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go-app/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/h2non/filetype v1.1.3
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/shuffle/shuffle-shared v1.2.50
+	github.com/shuffle/shuffle-shared v1.2.51
 	github.com/shuffle/singul v0.0.32
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.236.0