Different Docker Version in Windows and Rancher Desktop VM

Question

I installed Rancher Desktop (no prior Docker install/Docker Desktop install or anything like that) on Windows 11. I installed it with the dockerd option, I checked the docker version on Powershell, and I got 24.0.6; I entered the Rancher Desktop VM (rdctl shell) and checked the docker version, and I got 23.0.6; for docker-compose, I got the same version 2.21.0 both on Powershell and on Rancher Desktop VM (rdctl shell).

1. How come I have a different docker version? I would expect the docker version to be the same, wouldn't I?
2. Can I update the docker version provided by Rancher Desktop to the latest version (24.0.7) and docker-compose to the latest version (2.23.0)? And if yes, how can I achieve that?

Answer 1

This has been answered on the official Rancher QA here.