diff --git a/templates/al2/variables-1.21.json b/templates/al2/variables-1.21.json
index ec296d49d..d39d91316 100644
--- a/templates/al2/variables-1.21.json
+++ b/templates/al2/variables-1.21.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "ami_component_description": "(k8s: {{ user `kubernetes_version` }}, docker: {{ user `docker_version` }}, containerd: {{ user `containerd_version` }})",
-    "docker_version": "20.10.*"
+    "docker_version": "25.0.*"
 }
diff --git a/templates/al2/variables-1.22.json b/templates/al2/variables-1.22.json
index ec296d49d..d39d91316 100644
--- a/templates/al2/variables-1.22.json
+++ b/templates/al2/variables-1.22.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "ami_component_description": "(k8s: {{ user `kubernetes_version` }}, docker: {{ user `docker_version` }}, containerd: {{ user `containerd_version` }})",
-    "docker_version": "20.10.*"
+    "docker_version": "25.0.*"
 }
diff --git a/templates/al2/variables-1.23.json b/templates/al2/variables-1.23.json
index ec296d49d..d39d91316 100644
--- a/templates/al2/variables-1.23.json
+++ b/templates/al2/variables-1.23.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "ami_component_description": "(k8s: {{ user `kubernetes_version` }}, docker: {{ user `docker_version` }}, containerd: {{ user `containerd_version` }})",
-    "docker_version": "20.10.*"
+    "docker_version": "25.0.*"
 }
diff --git a/templates/al2/variables-1.24.json b/templates/al2/variables-1.24.json
index ec296d49d..d39d91316 100644
--- a/templates/al2/variables-1.24.json
+++ b/templates/al2/variables-1.24.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "ami_component_description": "(k8s: {{ user `kubernetes_version` }}, docker: {{ user `docker_version` }}, containerd: {{ user `containerd_version` }})",
-    "docker_version": "20.10.*"
+    "docker_version": "25.0.*"
 }