diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e492ac86eef1e42dc64240a05db1986c54fabe4e..69b010338f7b5b3464bced5faefaca7d16a765cd 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: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` using an external Docker registry:
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` that builds 2 Docker images from the same project (u
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '2.0.0'
+    ref: '2.1.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index 7fdc9117a1c401c0a4997198dcc6b257dbc52726..1c23b787ba6416d3cb9597787525cd472e0e1429 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ stages:
     fi
   }
 
-  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update docker "2.0.0"; fi
+  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update docker "2.1.0"; fi
   init_workspace
 
   # ENDSCRIPT
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ stages:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "2.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "2.1.0"]
   before_script:
     - *docker-scripts
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ stages:
     _TRACE: "${TRACE}"
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "2.0.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "2.1.0"]
     - name: $DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE
       alias: docker
       command: