diff --git a/dc-agents/docker-compose.yaml b/dc-agents/docker-compose.yaml
index 911dcfc6f9290..fb3df3b8bab0b 100644
--- a/dc-agents/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/dc-agents/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
-
 services:
   dc-reference-agent:
     build:
diff --git a/dc-agents/sdk/docker-compose.yaml b/dc-agents/sdk/docker-compose.yaml
index 0efbc5567c703..fe2ad17e29195 100644
--- a/dc-agents/sdk/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/dc-agents/sdk/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Based on the template from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hasura/graphql-engine/stable/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
 
-version: "3.9"
-
 services:
   reference-agent:
     image: "hasura/dc-reference-agent:${HASURA_VERSION}"
diff --git a/dc-agents/sqlite/test/docker-compose.yml b/dc-agents/sqlite/test/docker-compose.yml
index a5eab0f4b8f78..efed9cc516ae8 100644
--- a/dc-agents/sqlite/test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/dc-agents/sqlite/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.9'
 services:
   sqlite_agent:
     container_name: 'sqlite_agent'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a8c1629962cde..561083f68fb58 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #   framework" in the "General" tab, and "Use Rosetta for x86/amd64 emulation on
 #   Apple Silicon" in the "Features in development" tab.
 
-version: "3.6"
-
 name: hge-manual-tests
 
 services:
diff --git a/docker-compose/databases.yaml b/docker-compose/databases.yaml
index 8bbebc96f5ebf..564dff7f6dc3e 100644
--- a/docker-compose/databases.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/databases.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
-
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgis/postgis:16-3.4-alpine
diff --git a/frontend/docker/docker-compose.template.yml b/frontend/docker/docker-compose.template.yml
index 68fc976063f23..c384f39f2a037 100644
--- a/frontend/docker/docker-compose.template.yml
+++ b/frontend/docker/docker-compose.template.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.6'
 services:
   engine-metadata-db:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-cockroach/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-cockroach/docker-compose.yaml
index a6fe7a9774153..da8f3ae73d7de 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-cockroach/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-cockroach/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-https/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-https/docker-compose.yaml
index df6dea57c3da8..6dca577718714 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-https/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-https/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-ms-sql-server/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-ms-sql-server/docker-compose.yaml
index 8ce6fdb86cb27..f08b3defd2221 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-ms-sql-server/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-ms-sql-server/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-mysql-preview/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-mysql-preview/docker-compose.yaml
index 180ff70557800..3f73232aaf2ad 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-mysql-preview/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-mysql-preview/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-pgadmin/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-pgadmin/docker-compose.yaml
index db95e51e6cd56..fa03343b592eb 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-pgadmin/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-pgadmin/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-postgis/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-postgis/docker-compose.yaml
index c8189afac41dd..1f4085b65b140 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-postgis/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-postgis/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.6'
 services:
   postgres:
     image: mdillon/postgis:11
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose-yugabyte/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose-yugabyte/docker-compose.yaml
index d94243fc3bf16..6600c8b319599 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose-yugabyte/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose-yugabyte/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index 7d0c3070666ed..5ba71eb7e2de3 100644
--- a/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/athena/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/athena/docker-compose.yaml
index ea91c536bbcd3..52ac2243a05f3 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/athena/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/athena/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml
index b0ac45346b1f5..adda78cfd6d0a 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index 6c847d88fcc3f..cdd87791ce3c1 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:latest
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/mariadb/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/mariadb/docker-compose.yaml
index 667151daf51c7..b69f89c7b8139 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/mariadb/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/mariadb/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/mongodb/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/mongodb/docker-compose.yaml
index 1d1f73f254e60..7e6ae4b8dcd06 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/mongodb/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/mongodb/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/mysql/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
index 2a274509fd65e..cd3c7e1c0d955 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/oracle/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/oracle/docker-compose.yaml
index 7c1bac0cfadd9..88cf0b959d3d8 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/oracle/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/oracle/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/redshift/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/redshift/docker-compose.yaml
index 340bf54aa779e..63ed5cc6338b9 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/redshift/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/redshift/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/install-manifests/enterprise/snowflake/docker-compose.yaml b/install-manifests/enterprise/snowflake/docker-compose.yaml
index fc0a76490b575..3ad802504bee4 100644
--- a/install-manifests/enterprise/snowflake/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/install-manifests/enterprise/snowflake/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis:7
diff --git a/packaging/cli-migrations/v2/test/docker-compose.yaml b/packaging/cli-migrations/v2/test/docker-compose.yaml
index 12e0b2d34c782..674d07aea680d 100644
--- a/packaging/cli-migrations/v2/test/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/packaging/cli-migrations/v2/test/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.6'
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:14
diff --git a/packaging/cli-migrations/v3/test/docker-compose.yaml b/packaging/cli-migrations/v3/test/docker-compose.yaml
index 12e0b2d34c782..674d07aea680d 100644
--- a/packaging/cli-migrations/v3/test/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/packaging/cli-migrations/v3/test/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.6'
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:14
diff --git a/rfcs/nosql-schema-sampling/docker-compose.yml b/rfcs/nosql-schema-sampling/docker-compose.yml
index 3ed9d2f9073fb..d12c8333a035f 100644
--- a/rfcs/nosql-schema-sampling/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/rfcs/nosql-schema-sampling/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
 
   # External MongoDB sample database
diff --git a/server/lib/api-tests/docker-compose.yaml b/server/lib/api-tests/docker-compose.yaml
index aa1ed5aff65e7..f7635dbe7a584 100644
--- a/server/lib/api-tests/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/server/lib/api-tests/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
-
 name: hge-api-tests
 
 services:
diff --git a/server/lib/pg-client/docker-compose.yml b/server/lib/pg-client/docker-compose.yml
index ce5d4113e25b4..a9f07f5ca2439 100644
--- a/server/lib/pg-client/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/server/lib/pg-client/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.6"
-
 services:
   postgres:
     extends:
diff --git a/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas-with-ssl-client-certs/docker-compose.yaml b/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas-with-ssl-client-certs/docker-compose.yaml
index f88e3bb6a06a4..1150c59b1e8ed 100644
--- a/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas-with-ssl-client-certs/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas-with-ssl-client-certs/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 name: hge-postgres-replicas
 
 services:
diff --git a/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas/docker-compose.yaml b/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas/docker-compose.yaml
index 4a6142e3e9b6c..d4ad63e3ce4c8 100644
--- a/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/server/test-manual/postgres-replicas/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 name: hge-postgres-replicas
 
 services:
diff --git a/server/tests-py/docker-compose.yml b/server/tests-py/docker-compose.yml
index 44bf81bbed81a..499d61dfa4e2d 100644
--- a/server/tests-py/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/server/tests-py/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # These services are brought up in 'run.sh' (see that file)
 
-version: "3.6"
-
 name: hge-python-tests
 
 services: