diff --git a/packages/effect-docker/src/Docker153Client.ts b/packages/effect-docker/src/Docker153Client.ts
index bb6d4dd..b6eaee3 100644
--- a/packages/effect-docker/src/Docker153Client.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-docker/src/Docker153Client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { HttpClient, HttpClientRequest } from "@effect/platform"
+import { HttpClient, HttpClientRequest, Url } from "@effect/platform"
 import type { ResponseError } from "@effect/platform/HttpClientError"
-import { Effect } from "effect"
+import { Effect, Either, flow, Option } from "effect"
 import { type DockerBaseClient, DockerBaseClientImpl, type DockerClientError } from "./DockerBaseClient.js"
 import type { ContainerSummary } from "./gen/v1.53/index.js"
 
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ implements Docker153Client {
 }
 
 export const make: Effect.Effect<Docker153Client, never, HttpClient.HttpClient> = HttpClient.HttpClient.pipe(
-    Effect.map(HttpClient.mapRequest(HttpClientRequest.appendUrl("/v1.53"))),
+    Effect.map(HttpClient.mapRequest(HttpClientRequest.updateUrl(flow(
+        Url.fromString,
+        Either.getRight,
+        Option.getOrThrow,
+        url => Url.setPathname(url, `/v1.53${ url.pathname }`).toString(),
+    )))),
     Effect.map(client => new Docker153ClientImpl(client)),
 )