diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61ebb9eb9c15d3d2bffa2d50911eed32c707050e..17a4685eb3e794af68640066d2579f0e10f29b00 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: alpine
 
 variables:
   ## External images
-  DOCKER_IMAGE: docker.io/docker:25.0.3
+  DOCKER_IMAGE: docker.io/docker:25.0.5
   SINGULARITY_IMAGE: quay.io/singularity/singularity:v3.11.5
 
   ## Default versions are specified in packages.yaml but can be overridden