diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bef64eba46ef3e192963fe721cea9afe46066b6..ab47bd890379ae0feead0affaa8a0fdadfcb34f6 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: '1.2.0'
+    ref: '1.2.1'
     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: '1.2.0'
+    ref: '1.2.1'
     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: '1.2.0'
+    ref: '1.2.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index 705b77ffb7822c6cc293d04b0de33a1610a21ea7..a21cb91733ae3c12eadf4944bfd886e82ee0f130 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ stages:
     fi
   }
 
-  if [[ -z "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" ]]; then check_for_update docker "1.2.0"; fi
+  if [[ -z "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" ]]; then check_for_update docker "1.2.1"; fi
   init_workspace
 
   # ENDSCRIPT
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ stages:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "1.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "1.2.1"]
   before_script:
     - *docker-scripts
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ stages:
     _TRACE: "${TRACE}"
   services:
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY/to-be-continuous/tools/tracking:master"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "1.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "1.2.1"]
     - name: $DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE
       alias: docker
       command: