diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c6c9271538a4..1d2d1598e59e2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def write_version(filename=os.path.join(*['airflow',
     'sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.6',
     'Sphinx-PyPI-upload>=0.2.1'
 ]
-docker = ['docker>=2.0.0']
+docker = ['docker>=3.0.0']
 druid = ['pydruid>=0.4.1']
 elasticsearch = [
     'elasticsearch>=5.0.0,<6.0.0',