diff --git a/tools/airship-in-a-pod/artifact-setup/assets/entrypoint.sh b/tools/airship-in-a-pod/artifact-setup/assets/entrypoint.sh
index 1f17760eb..53b6dea33 100755
--- a/tools/airship-in-a-pod/artifact-setup/assets/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tools/airship-in-a-pod/artifact-setup/assets/entrypoint.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function check_docker_readiness() {
   end=$(($(date +%s) + $timeout))
   echo "Waiting $timeout seconds for docker to be ready."
   while true; do
-    if ( docker version | grep 'Version' ); then
+    if ( docker version | grep 'containerd' ); then
       echo "docker is now ready"
       break
     else