diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b492edab312cf523cafb32301a5cd634ff634641..84b9bb3ceaae1b5bd841dce8fb25ecca7cf06622 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [5.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.5.6...5.6.0) (2023-12-4)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* build cache can be disabled (configurable; non-default) ([fe52e0e](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/commit/fe52e0ebd9f851c7976f240942e9917d396bc813))
+
 ## [5.5.6](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.5.5...5.5.6) (2023-12-2)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9dbb855615ffcbe4f3e309be5d7ad7175e590b0..bf7a147136eae4a774660beb85ef652f61f28a86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `.g
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.5.6'
+    ref: '5.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` using an external Docker registry:
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.5.6'
+    ref: '5.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` that builds 2 Docker images from the same project (u
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.5.6'
+    ref: '5.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.5.6'
+    ref: '5.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.5.6'
+    ref: '5.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
index 9ec4db701c16da488603c18d7755ea6c3c0dac79..f491cfe276e7107bff90fbecde694592bac0e875 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.5.6"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.6.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_AWS_PROVIDER_IMAGE"
       alias: "aws-auth-provider"
   id_tokens:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
index 6afb171d7b0584c7be7138fda33ec528a3831f95..5321edec6b488f4201dbc5efc5aeb0ca6dfd00bf 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.5.6"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.6.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_GCP_PROVIDER_IMAGE"
       alias: "gcp-auth-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
index 262718fda1a71a9bb016320662abf3976adffb60..5b941397b0de4f299fe1f8ef051b927c2e967fa6 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.5.6"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.6.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index ae5259a8e94a776fc734f264a4e2354296fb081f..50f2dc80cb0f8bc2ce1a5c7e60d503a472303450 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ stages:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.5.6"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.6.0"]
   before_script:
     - *docker-scripts
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ stages:
     _TRACE: "${TRACE}"
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.5.6"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.6.0"]
     - name: $DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE
       alias: docker
       command: