diff --git a/docker/cli/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/cli/docker-compose.yaml
index 9c528cfb..156c629c 100644
--- a/docker/cli/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/cli/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.9'
 services:
   app:
     image: ${IMAGE_TAG}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.cluster.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.cluster.yaml
index 604fd5f3..2edf61ca 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.cluster.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.cluster.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   nats1:
     image: docker.io/nats:2.10.4
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 5e0c47e0..15c0e517 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   nats:
     image: docker.io/nats:2.10.4
diff --git a/examples/integrations/debezium/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/integrations/debezium/docker-compose.yaml
index 5fdfcd31..c653e2ac 100644
--- a/examples/integrations/debezium/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/integrations/debezium/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: docker.io/debezium/postgres:16-alpine
diff --git a/examples/operations/stan2js/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/operations/stan2js/docker-compose.yaml
index e44b3414..89c4f3d8 100644
--- a/examples/operations/stan2js/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/operations/stan2js/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   nats:
     image: docker.io/nats:2.10.3