diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/65019-auto-devops-dind-tls-fix.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/65019-auto-devops-dind-tls-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3eea3e551ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/65019-auto-devops-dind-tls-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Set DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR in Auto Dev-Ops CI template to fix jobs using Docker-in-Docker
+merge_request: 31078
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf3d261c1cb..7b9a169a91f 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ variables:
 
   ROLLOUT_RESOURCE_TYPE: deployment
 
+  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "" # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/4501
+
 stages:
   - build
   - test