diff --git a/apps/dokploy/__test__/server/server-setup.test.ts b/apps/dokploy/__test__/server/server-setup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a23aa8f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dokploy/__test__/server/server-setup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { execFileSync, execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { chmodSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { defaultCommand, reportDockerVersion } from "@dokploy/server";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+const resolveBin = (name: string) =>
+	execSync(`command -v ${name}`, { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
+
+/**
+ * Build a sandbox PATH so `command -v docker` only sees our fake docker
+ * binary (or nothing), regardless of what the host has installed.
+ */
+const makeSandbox = (dockerShim?: string) => {
+	const dir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "dokploy-server-setup-"));
+	for (const tool of ["awk", "tr"]) {
+		const shim = path.join(dir, tool);
+		writeFileSync(shim, `#!/bin/sh\nexec ${resolveBin(tool)} "$@"\n`);
+		chmodSync(shim, 0o755);
+	}
+	if (dockerShim) {
+		const shim = path.join(dir, "docker");
+		writeFileSync(shim, dockerShim);
+		chmodSync(shim, 0o755);
+	}
+	return dir;
+};
+
+const runReport = (sandboxPath: string) => {
+	const script = [
+		"DOCKER_VERSION=28.5.0",
+		reportDockerVersion(),
+		'echo "$DOCKER_VERSION_REPORT"',
+	].join("\n");
+	return execFileSync(resolveBin("bash"), ["-c", script], {
+		encoding: "utf8",
+		env: { ...process.env, PATH: sandboxPath },
+	})
+		.trim()
+		.split("\n")
+		.pop();
+};
+
+describe("reportDockerVersion", () => {
+	it("reports the engine version when docker and its daemon are available", () => {
+		const sandbox = makeSandbox(
+			[
+				"#!/bin/sh",
+				'if [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then',
+				'	echo "Docker version 25.0.0, build aaaaaaa"',
+				"	exit 0",
+				"fi",
+				'if [ "$1" = "version" ]; then',
+				'	echo "29.4.3"',
+				"	exit 0",
+				"fi",
+				"exit 1",
+			].join("\n"),
+		);
+		expect(runReport(sandbox)).toBe("29.4.3 (already installed)");
+	});
+
+	it("falls back to the client version when the daemon is unreachable", () => {
+		const sandbox = makeSandbox(
+			[
+				"#!/bin/sh",
+				'if [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then',
+				'	echo "Docker version 29.4.3, build 055a478"',
+				"	exit 0",
+				"fi",
+				'echo "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon" >&2',
+				"exit 1",
+			].join("\n"),
+		);
+		expect(runReport(sandbox)).toBe("29.4.3 (already installed)");
+	});
+
+	it("reports the pinned version to be installed when docker is missing", () => {
+		expect(runReport(makeSandbox())).toBe("28.5.0 (will be installed)");
+	});
+});
+
+describe("defaultCommand", () => {
+	it.each([false, true])(
+		"prints the detected Docker version in the setup banner (isBuildServer=%s)",
+		(isBuildServer) => {
+			const script = defaultCommand(isBuildServer);
+			expect(script).toContain(reportDockerVersion());
+			expect(script).toContain(
+				'echo "| Docker            | $DOCKER_VERSION_REPORT"',
+			);
+			expect(script).not.toContain(
+				'echo "| Docker            | $DOCKER_VERSION"',
+			);
+		},
+	);
+});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/setup/server-setup.ts b/packages/server/src/setup/server-setup.ts
index e2d7fc3e5..7181880a4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/setup/server-setup.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/setup/server-setup.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,21 @@ export const serverSetup = async (
 	}
 };
 
+export const reportDockerVersion = () => `
+if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION=$(docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}' 2>/dev/null || true)
+	if [ -z "$INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION" ]; then
+		INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION=$(docker --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d ',' || true)
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION" ]; then
+		INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION="unknown"
+	fi
+	DOCKER_VERSION_REPORT="$INSTALLED_DOCKER_VERSION (already installed)"
+else
+	DOCKER_VERSION_REPORT="$DOCKER_VERSION (will be installed)"
+fi
+`;
+
 export const defaultCommand = (isBuildServer = false) => {
 	const bashCommand = `
 set -e;
@@ -174,10 +189,11 @@ arch | ubuntu | debian | raspbian | centos | fedora | rhel | ol | rocky | sles |
 	;;
 esac
 
+${reportDockerVersion()}
 echo -e "---------------------------------------------"
 echo "| CPU Architecture  | $SYS_ARCH"
 echo "| Operating System  | $OS_TYPE $OS_VERSION"
-echo "| Docker            | $DOCKER_VERSION"
+echo "| Docker            | $DOCKER_VERSION_REPORT"
 ${isBuildServer ? 'echo "| Server Type       | Build Server"' : ""}
 echo -e "---------------------------------------------\n"
 echo -e "1. Installing required packages (curl, wget, git, jq, openssl). "