diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 391292c442a8b40c59967032a7ae0ff1b9cfdfb1..2e51cd0cd825e599f9afb7934f97200be5bd74e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [5.12.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.12.0...5.12.1) (2024-09-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* wrong default value for DOCKER_TRIVY_ARGS ([1b84a79](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/commit/1b84a792b86bcae5dec8e9a4c4d9f35deb55ee98))
+
 # [5.12.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.11.1...5.12.0) (2024-08-26)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e35b3fa0ac99507d4dc7656bb68f48a8cf3a2aeb..ff40b77df126f6fd7ead5c4b8e15d9b4774fda77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       build-tool: buildah # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.12.0'
+    ref: '5.12.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` using an external Docker registry:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
     inputs:
       snapshot-image: "registry.acme.host/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/snapshot:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
       release-image: "registry.acme.host/$CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` that builds 2 Docker images from the same project (u
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
 
 .docker-base:
   parallel:
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
   # Vault variant
   - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker-vault@5.7.0
     inputs:
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ to use the snapshot image repository (will host your snapshot image as well as c
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
     inputs:
       build-tool: "kaniko" # Only Kaniko has been proved to work for this use case YET
       # untested & unverified container image
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ then set the required configuration.
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/docker/gitlab-ci-docker@5.12.1
     inputs:
       # untested & unverified container image
       snapshot-image: "123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/$CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG/snapshot:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
index fee78fe138af70333e626874990b7cdab94c5f8a..130d3d2c7d863c949d0fe60116d97ab4b4a806e0 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-ecr.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_AWS_PROVIDER_IMAGE"
       alias: "aws-auth-provider"
   id_tokens:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
index 3632573329fcbdf23a6a88be6eb6249d81e23d88..30e4d00606be067bbfa5ed990793c5cec3592093 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_GCP_PROVIDER_IMAGE"
       alias: "gcp-auth-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
index 5a06bb88dd901acfda8d6789f51ad49e567b4cf3..8b848451b7d17cdca86df4a2ada26105a1960396 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index 3488c3ae94bb5d2bf12ef486edaf3be674e19097..eab79e0cd33ce2c8600679b074557e6c31ab7944 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ stages:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.1"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.docker-scripts]
 
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ stages:
     _TRACE: "${TRACE}"
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.12.1"]
     - name: $DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE
       alias: docker
       command: