diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-admin.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-admin.yml
index d32f241..294e81f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-admin.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-admin.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-admin:
     image: localbuild-admin
diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-consensusnode.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-consensusnode.yml
index 9262a4b..c4cf672 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-consensusnode.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-consensusnode.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-consensusnode:
     image: localbuild-consensusnode
diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-coordinator.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-coordinator.yml
index 0c1b749..ddbb5c3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-coordinator.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-coordinator.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-coordinator:
     image: localbuild-coordinator
diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-filenode.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-filenode.yml
index 728f31b..adf842e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-filenode.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-filenode.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-filenode:
     image: localbuild-filenode
diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-node-1.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-node-1.yml
index b0fbaed..0bd4f09 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-node-1.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-node-1.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-node-1:
     image: localbuild-node
diff --git a/docker-compose.any-sync-node-all.yml b/docker-compose.any-sync-node-all.yml
index 6b844a0..7460cf4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.any-sync-node-all.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.any-sync-node-all.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   any-sync-node-1:
     image: localbuild-node
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d1b7eeb..50ade07 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
-
 services:
   # generate configs using the anyconf utility
   generateconfig-anyconf: