diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3be12c1e15f1f836ba4934541dce5f8a181eff77..4979d9b13632108d9322c2feca329d178cd19ec1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [5.3.1](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.3.0...5.3.1) (2023-09-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **dind:** wait for Docker daemon to be ready with a timeout (1 min) ([ea965f6](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/commit/ea965f6e179cade7768415432593fa8a24c68162))
+
 # [5.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/docker/compare/5.2.2...5.3.0) (2023-08-28)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfefb3da19fbae3d9c72bced7b5c148a87e55a9f..55dfd2a43fb84475b32df1e77b75abdc26405145 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: '5.3.0'
+    ref: '5.3.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` using an external Docker registry:
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.3.0'
+    ref: '5.3.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Here is a `.gitlab-ci.yaml` that builds 2 Docker images from the same project (u
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.3.0'
+    ref: '5.3.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -551,11 +551,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.3.0'
+    ref: '5.3.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/docker'
-    ref: '5.3.0'
+    ref: '5.3.1'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
index 9376dfefa39215dd75efdb452f000b6a6a587252..df48aefdba45712a27b0519ae87b539e81cbdc3f 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-gcp.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_GCP_AUTH_PROVIDER"
       alias: "gcp-auth-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
index b5bfb21104478c3cd60aeecc50ba43665b5a96c4..d29f3af966139a6f4184f708595a60d1063455b1 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.1"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index ea778a4d96d21c5afcba8cd2d774d60d2ba45bf7..099e7e1cfb7ad14c669aa7a3196dd622d05cf4be 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ stages:
 .docker-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.1"]
   before_script:
     - *docker-scripts
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ stages:
     _TRACE: "${TRACE}"
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "docker", "5.3.1"]
     - name: $DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE
       alias: docker
       command: