diff --git a/api/types/container/exec.go b/api/types/container/exec.go
index f4b22376ef..e455cd27b2 100644
--- a/api/types/container/exec.go
+++ b/api/types/container/exec.go
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ type ExecOptions struct {
 	AttachStdin  bool     // Attach the standard input, makes possible user interaction
 	AttachStderr bool     // Attach the standard error
 	AttachStdout bool     // Attach the standard output
-	Detach       bool     // Execute in detach mode
 	DetachKeys   string   // Escape keys for detach
 	Env          []string // Environment variables
 	WorkingDir   string   // Working directory
 	Cmd          []string // Execution commands and args
+
+	// Deprecated: the Detach field is not used, and will be removed in a future release.
+	Detach bool
 }
 
 // ExecStartOptions is a temp struct used by execStart
diff --git a/integration/container/exec_test.go b/integration/container/exec_test.go
index 867ffef530..6460a8bd06 100644
--- a/integration/container/exec_test.go
+++ b/integration/container/exec_test.go
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ func TestExecResize(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd = []string{"sleep", "240"}
 	}
 	resp, err := apiClient.ContainerExecCreate(ctx, cID, containertypes.ExecOptions{
-		Tty:    true, // Windows requires a TTY for the resize to work, otherwise fails with "is not a tty: failed precondition", see https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/48665#issuecomment-2412530345
-		Detach: true,
-		Cmd:    cmd,
+		Tty: true, // Windows requires a TTY for the resize to work, otherwise fails with "is not a tty: failed precondition", see https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/48665#issuecomment-2412530345
+		Cmd: cmd,
 	})
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 	execID := resp.ID