diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
index 0fb303d72a03512f197b856574e93a54a29a7968..1f22599d9f358fb0b96a5ba284d5dd9f0eedb3cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ packet_centos7-calico-ha-once-localhost:
   variables:
     # This will instruct Docker not to start over TLS.
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
+    DOCKER_HOST: "tcp://docker:2375"
   services:
-    - docker:19.03.9-dind
+    - docker:26.1.4-dind
 
 packet_almalinux8-kube-ovn:
   stage: deploy-part2