diff --git a/docker-compose-cli.yml b/docker-compose-cli.yml
index 9c66fed6835b..1ff386d33e31 100644
--- a/docker-compose-cli.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-cli.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   dspace-cli:
     image: "${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-cli:${DSPACE_VER:-dspace-7_x}"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6c1615040722..248d900771ab 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 networks:
   dspacenet:
     ipam:
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.assetstore.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.assetstore.yml
index d6a6a4395f4e..2f4b4f2a9e4d 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.assetstore.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.assetstore.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #
 # http://www.dspace.org/license/
 #
-
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   dspace-cli:
     environment:
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.ingest.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.ingest.yml
index d22a235d4fdd..42181178faa5 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.ingest.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/cli.ingest.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #
 # http://www.dspace.org/license/
 #
-
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   dspace-cli:
     environment:
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.entities.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.entities.yml
index 32c54a5d0bd1..c6d650f9d06c 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.entities.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.entities.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #
 # http://www.dspace.org/license/
 #
-
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   dspacedb:
     image: dspace/dspace-postgres-pgcrypto:dspace-7_x-loadsql
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.restore.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.restore.yml
index fc2f30b9d8e0..6170e036d1e6 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.restore.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.restore.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 # tree and available online at
 #
 # http://www.dspace.org/license/
-#
-
-version: "3.7"
-
 #
 # Overrides the default "dspacedb" container behavior to load a local SQL file into PostgreSQL.
 #
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
index 00dde2e83187..1c5d537d7207 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 # http://www.dspace.org/license/
 #
-
-version: '3.7'
 networks:
   dspacenet:
 services:
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-iiif.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-iiif.yml
index 2ab58d9014f0..65422431dc0e 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-iiif.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-iiif.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # Test environment for DSpace + Cantaloupe for IIIF support. See README for instructions.
 # This should NEVER be used in production scenarios.
 #
-version: '3.7'
 networks:
   dspacenet:
 services:
@@ -36,4 +35,4 @@ services:
       CANTALOUPE_SOURCE_STATIC: 'HttpSource'
       # Notice this URL accesses the 'dspace' container, port 8080, which is the container running the REST API.
       CANTALOUPE_HTTPSOURCE_BASICLOOKUPSTRATEGY_URL_PREFIX: 'http://dspace:8080/server/api/core/bitstreams/'
-      CANTALOUPE_HTTPSOURCE_BASICLOOKUPSTRATEGY_URL_SUFFIX: '/content'
\ No newline at end of file
+      CANTALOUPE_HTTPSOURCE_BASICLOOKUPSTRATEGY_URL_SUFFIX: '/content'
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-shibboleth.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-shibboleth.yml
index 58f1527d6ccb..e5daaef15e75 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-shibboleth.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-shibboleth.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # Test environment for DSpace + Shibboleth (running via mod_shib in Apache). See README for instructions.
 # This should NEVER be used in production scenarios.
 #
-version: '3.7'
 networks:
   dspacenet:
 services: