diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71f6ba7..42ebba1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     "prettier": "prettier --check \"./**/*.ts\"",
     "prettier:fix": "prettier --write \"./**/*.ts\"",
     "test": "jest",
-    "test:e2e": "jest -c jest.config.e2e.ts --runInBand --detectOpenHandles --forceExit",
+    "test:e2e": "jest -c jest.config.e2e.ts --runInBand --detectOpenHandles",
     "test-coverage": "jest --coverage",
-    "test-coverage:e2e": "jest --coverage -c jest.config.e2e.ts --runInBand --detectOpenHandles --forceExit"
+    "test-coverage:e2e": "jest --coverage -c jest.config.e2e.ts --runInBand --detectOpenHandles"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
     "@actions/io": "^1.1.2",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
+    "async-retry": "^1.3.3",
     "csv-parse": "^5.3.5",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "jwt-decode": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/src/docker/assets.ts b/src/docker/assets.ts
index 9e4328f..a8f82db 100644
--- a/src/docker/assets.ts
+++ b/src/docker/assets.ts
@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ mkdir -p "$RUNDIR"
     --userland-proxy=false \\
     2>&1 | tee "$RUNDIR/dockerd.log"
 ) &
-
-tries=60
-while ! docker version &> /dev/null; do
-  ((tries--))
-  if [ $tries -le 0 ]; then
-    if [ -z "$DOCKER_HOST" ]; then
-      echo >&2 "error: daemon failed to start"
-    else
-      echo >&2 "error: daemon at $DOCKER_HOST fails to 'docker version':"
-      docker version >&2 || true
-    fi
-    false
-  fi
-  sleep 2
-done
-echo "Docker daemon started successfully!"
 `;
 
 export const setupDockerWinPs1Data = `
diff --git a/src/docker/install.ts b/src/docker/install.ts
index fb37ba0..5829bc5 100644
--- a/src/docker/install.ts
+++ b/src/docker/install.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
+import retry from 'async-retry';
 import * as handlebars from 'handlebars';
 import * as util from 'util';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
@@ -133,9 +135,12 @@ export class Install {
   private async installLinux(toolDir: string, runDir: string): Promise<void> {
     const dockerHost = `unix://${path.join(runDir, 'docker.sock')}`;
 
-    await core.group('Install Docker daemon', async () => {
+    await core.group('Start Docker daemon', async () => {
       const bashPath: string = await io.which('bash', true);
-      await Exec.exec('sudo', ['-E', bashPath, setupDockerLinuxSh()], {
+      const proc = await child_process.spawn(`sudo -E ${bashPath} ${setupDockerLinuxSh()}`, [], {
+        detached: true,
+        shell: true,
+        stdio: ['ignore', process.stdout, process.stderr],
         env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
           TOOLDIR: toolDir,
           RUNDIR: runDir,
@@ -144,6 +149,35 @@ export class Install {
           [key: string]: string;
         }
       });
+      proc.unref();
+      await retry(
+        async bail => {
+          await Exec.getExecOutput(`docker version`, undefined, {
+            ignoreReturnCode: true,
+            silent: true,
+            env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+              DOCKER_HOST: dockerHost
+            }) as {
+              [key: string]: string;
+            }
+          })
+            .then(res => {
+              if (res.stderr.length > 0 && res.exitCode != 0) {
+                bail(new Error(res.stderr));
+                return false;
+              }
+              return res.exitCode == 0;
+            })
+            .catch(error => {
+              bail(error);
+              return false;
+            });
+        },
+        {
+          retries: 5
+        }
+      );
+      core.info(`Docker daemon started started successfully`);
     });
 
     await core.group('Create Docker context', async () => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5a5562a..d9ea642 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/tmp": ^0.2.3
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5.49.0
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5.49.0
+    async-retry: ^1.3.3
     cpy-cli: ^4.2.0
     csv-parse: ^5.3.5
     dotenv: ^16.0.3
@@ -2034,6 +2035,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"async-retry@npm:^1.3.3":
+  version: 1.3.3
+  resolution: "async-retry@npm:1.3.3"
+  dependencies:
+    retry: 0.13.1
+  checksum: 38a7152ff7265a9321ea214b9c69e8224ab1febbdec98efbbde6e562f17ff68405569b796b1c5271f354aef8783665d29953f051f68c1fc45306e61aec82fdc4
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "asynckit@npm:^0.4.0":
   version: 0.4.0
   resolution: "asynckit@npm:0.4.0"
@@ -5947,6 +5957,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"retry@npm:0.13.1":
+  version: 0.13.1
+  resolution: "retry@npm:0.13.1"
+  checksum: 47c4d5be674f7c13eee4cfe927345023972197dbbdfba5d3af7e461d13b44de1bfd663bfc80d2f601f8ef3fc8164c16dd99655a221921954a65d044a2fc1233b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "retry@npm:^0.12.0":
   version: 0.12.0
   resolution: "retry@npm:0.12.0"