diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
index 149a4b005d..c52d4ba901 100644
--- a/dev/README.md
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ The simplest way to create these, is to use the `docker-compose.yml` file in the
 separate terminal as it will continue to run until you kill it with `^C`.
 ~~~
 # The `envUp` alias is the same as the following commands. Run these in a new terminal session, or add a `-d` flag to
-the `docker-compose` command.
+the `docker compose` command.
 cd acs-packaging
-docker-compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml up
+docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml up
 Creating dev_activemq_1           ... done
 Creating dev_solr6_1              ... done
 Creating dev_postgres_1           ... done
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ mvn install -Prun,withShare -rf dev-acs-amps-overlay
 When finished, kill the tomcat instance and stop the Docker instances. You will normally also
 remove the Docker containers, as you will need a clean database if you are going to issue
 another `mvn clean install` command. If you started `docker-compose` in a separate terminal session,
-simply use `^C` or if you used a `-d` flag, use `docker-compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml stop`.
+simply use `^C` or if you used a `-d` flag, use `docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml stop`.
 ~~~
 ^C
 ... Stopped 'sysAdmin' subsystem, ID: [sysAdmin, default]
 
-docker-compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml rm
+docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml rm
 Going to remove dev_transform-core-aio_1, dev_transform-router_1, dev_solr6_1, dev_postgres_1, dev_activemq_1, dev_shared-file-store_1
 Are you sure? [yN] y
 Removing dev_transform-core-aio_1 ... done
diff --git a/dev/aliases b/dev/aliases
index 8388adff6a..3fa96b3bb2 100755
--- a/dev/aliases
+++ b/dev/aliases
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ alias entXS='entS  && entP'
 alias     drm='docker rm -f $(docker ps -q)'
 alias     arm='rm -rf `find . -name alf_data`'
 alias   envUp='./acs-packaging/scripts/dev/start-compose.sh'
-alias envStop='docker-compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml stop'
-alias envKill='docker-compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml kill'
-alias   envRm='docker-compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml rm'
+alias envStop='docker compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml stop'
+alias envKill='docker compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml kill'
+alias   envRm='docker compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml rm'
diff --git a/docs/creating-a-t-engine.md b/docs/creating-a-t-engine.md
index 895fd4fe57..b03fe30c67 100644
--- a/docs/creating-a-t-engine.md
+++ b/docs/creating-a-t-engine.md
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Hello World T-Engine. See [here](custom-transforms-and-renditions.md#configure-a
 
 6. Start ACS using the modified docker-compose file.
     ```bash
-    docker-compose up
+    docker compose up
     ```
 
 #### Test custom rendition
diff --git a/scripts/dev/start-compose.sh b/scripts/dev/start-compose.sh
index 2db5ada025..62b3c60871 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/start-compose.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/start-compose.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ export TRANSFORMERS_TAG=$(mvn -f acs-packaging/pom.xml help:evaluate -Dexpressio
 export TRANSFORM_ROUTER_TAG=$(mvn -f acs-packaging/pom.xml help:evaluate -Dexpression=dependency.alfresco-transform-service.version -q -DforceStdout)
 
 # .env files are picked up from project directory correctly on docker-compose 1.23.0+
-docker-compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml up
\ No newline at end of file
+docker compose -f acs-packaging/dev/docker-compose.yml up
\ No newline at end of file