diff --git a/group_vars/docker_hosts.yaml b/group_vars/docker_hosts.yaml
index fc9b3f2..298835b 100644
--- a/group_vars/docker_hosts.yaml
+++ b/group_vars/docker_hosts.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
-docker_apt_arch: '{{ "arm64" if ansible_facts["machine"] == "aarch64" else "amd64" }}'
+# use debian-maintained docker package instead of Docker Inc. Community Edition (`docker-ce`) packages
+docker_packages:
+  - docker.io
+
+# do not configure Docker Inc. apt repos
+docker_add_repo: false
 
 # docker-compose official releases are not built for arm64 until 2.0.1
 docker_install_compose: false
diff --git a/requirements.yaml b/requirements.yaml
index 89e97bc..26cf300 100644
--- a/requirements.yaml
+++ b/requirements.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: geerlingguy.docker
   src: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-docker
-  version: 4.1.0
+  version: 6.1.0
 
 - name: geerlingguy.kubernetes
   src: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-kubernetes