diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ec716bcd..93f96538 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -306,4 +306,8 @@ for file in /hooks/*; do
   fi
 done
 
+# For some strange, unknown and stupid reason, Dovecot may run into a race condition, when this file is not touched before it is read by dovecot/auth
+# May be related to something inside Docker, I seriously don't know
+touch /var/lib/dovecot/app-passdb.lua
+
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 41dd9a99..cd0fc1c5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ services:
             - sogo
 
     dovecot-mailcow:
-      image: mailcow/dovecot:1.102
+      image: mailcow/dovecot:1.103
       depends_on:
         - mysql-mailcow
       dns: