diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 736791448d7c45356afe186ab74090fa4e7f0345..007d29deae4769ef6d0c6928663342e8e1fb6fbb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ image: alpine
 
 variables:
   ## External images
-  # FIXME:
-  #DOCKER_IMAGE: docker.io/docker:24.0.5
-  DOCKER_IMAGE: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/ubuntu_dind:latest
+  DOCKER_IMAGE: docker.io/docker:24.0.5
   SINGULARITY_IMAGE: quay.io/singularity/singularity:v3.11.4
 
   ## Application versions used for the main release 
@@ -131,6 +129,8 @@ version:
 ## base job settings for all docker interactions
 .docker:
   image: ${DOCKER_IMAGE}
+  services: 
+    - docker:dind
   before_script:
     - # Login to registries
       if [[ -n "${EXPORT_TAG}" ]] ; then