diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 7c570219e..eb5ba5efc 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   api_server:
     image: danswer/danswer-backend:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
index e12ef698e..74da11973 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   api_server:
     image: danswer/danswer-backend:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
index 57763c8fc..c06e9ae34 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   api_server:
     image: danswer/danswer-backend:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 85d585a5a..53bfa646b 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   api_server:
     image: danswer/danswer-backend:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
index 7f2ee1d73..ecd796f67 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   api_server:
     image: danswer/danswer-backend:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}