diff --git a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-1.x.yml b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-1.x.yml
index a64c5ba5a8..99e0dd5576 100644
--- a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-1.x.yml
+++ b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-1.x.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
----
-version: '3'
 services:
   opensearch-node1:
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:1
diff --git a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-2.x.yml b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-2.x.yml
index fa5aae33c5..87782c120b 100644
--- a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-2.x.yml
+++ b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-2.x.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
----
-version: '3'
 services:
   opensearch-node1:
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:2
diff --git a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-default.x.yml b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-default.x.yml
index 9a2f35006f..63826ba963 100644
--- a/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-default.x.yml
+++ b/docker/release/dockercomposefiles/docker-compose-default.x.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
----
-version: '3'
 services:
   opensearch-node1:
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:latest