diff --git a/gcloud/orb.yaml b/gcloud/orb.yaml
index a9c71d9..49d3ddf 100644
--- a/gcloud/orb.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/orb.yaml
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ jobs:
           Container registry to-be-used.
         type: string
       docker_version:
-        default: 20.10.6
+        default: docker23
         description: >
           The docker server version to be provisioned. See the docs for
           available versions: