diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/933-docker_container-networks.yml b/changelogs/fragments/933-docker_container-networks.yml
index e07dc0d69..d3d03fc2c 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/933-docker_container-networks.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/933-docker_container-networks.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 minor_changes:
-  - "docker_container - when creating a network, directly pass the networks to connect to to the Docker Daemon.
-     This makes creation more efficient and works around a bug in Docker Daemon that does not use the specified
-     MAC address in at least some cases, though only for creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/933)."
+  - "docker_container - when creating a container, directly pass all networks to connect to to the Docker Daemon
+     for API version 1.44 and newer. This makes creation more efficient and works around a bug in Docker Daemon that
+     does not use the specified MAC address in at least some cases, though only for creation
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/933)."
+bugfixes:
+  - "docker_container - restore behavior of the module from community.docker 2.x.y that passes the first network
+     to the Docker Deamon while creating the container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/933).
 known_issues:
   - "docker_container - when specifying a MAC address for a container's network, and the network is attached
      after container creation (for example, due to idempotency checks), the MAC address is at least in some
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/base.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/base.py
index 3d1708c87..3953177f6 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/base.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/base.py
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ def disconnect_container_from_network(self, client, container_id, network_id):
     def connect_container_to_network(self, client, container_id, network_id, parameters=None):
         pass
 
+    def create_container_supports_more_than_one_network(self, client):
+        return False
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def create_container(self, client, container_name, create_parameters, networks=None):
         pass
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
index 009f91daa..6ea06c112 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ def connect_container_to_network(self, client, container_id, network_id, paramet
         }
         client.post_json('/networks/{0}/connect', network_id, data=data)
 
+    def create_container_supports_more_than_one_network(self, client):
+        return client.docker_api_version >= LooseVersion('1.44')
+
     def create_container(self, client, container_name, create_parameters, networks=None):
         params = {'name': container_name}
         if 'platform' in create_parameters:
@@ -286,10 +289,10 @@ def create_container(self, client, container_name, create_parameters, networks=N
         if networks is not None:
             create_parameters = create_parameters.copy()
             create_parameters['NetworkingConfig'] = {
-                'EndpointsConfig': {
-                    network: self._create_endpoint_config(network_params)
+                'EndpointsConfig': dict(
+                    (network, self._create_endpoint_config(network_params)
                     for network, network_params in networks.items()
-                }
+                )
             }
         new_container = client.post_json_to_json('/containers/create', data=create_parameters, params=params)
         client.report_warnings(new_container)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/module.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/module.py
index d780535b7..858f4537a 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/module.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/module.py
@@ -767,8 +767,11 @@ def container_create(self, image):
         self.log("image: %s parameters:" % image)
         self.log(create_parameters, pretty_print=True)
         networks = {}
-        if self.module.params['networks']:
-            for network in self.module.params['networks']:
+        if self.param_networks_cli_compatible and self.module.params['networks']:
+            network_list = self.module.params['networks']
+            if not self.engine_driver.create_container_supports_more_than_one_network(self.client):
+                network_list = network_list[:1]
+            for network in network_list:
                 networks[network['name']] = {
                     key: value for key, value in network.items()
                     if key not in ('name', 'id')