diff --git a/platform-infra/stacks/traefik/docker-compose.yml b/platform-infra/stacks/traefik/docker-compose.yml
index ea4640b..c62c3a9 100644
--- a/platform-infra/stacks/traefik/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/platform-infra/stacks/traefik/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ services:
       - socketproxy
 
   traefik:
-    image: traefik:v3.3
+    # v3.7+ required: Traefik v3.3's Docker provider fails to negotiate the API
+    # version against Docker Engine 29 (API min 1.44) and falls back to 1.24,
+    # which the daemon rejects ("client version 1.24 is too old"). v3.7.x
+    # negotiates correctly through the socket-proxy.
+    image: traefik:v3.7.10
     container_name: traefik
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on: