diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-the-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-the-tests.yml
index ab5810e4..56ed52ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-the-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-the-tests.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Stop containers
         if: always()
-        run: docker-compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml down
+        run: docker compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml down
diff --git a/docker-testing/start_containers.sh b/docker-testing/start_containers.sh
index 29216d80..5738b587 100755
--- a/docker-testing/start_containers.sh
+++ b/docker-testing/start_containers.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ cd "${DIR}"
 echo "python_version=${PYTHON_VERSION}" >.env
 echo "repo_external=$(./print_repo_root_location)" >>.env
 
-docker-compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml build $*
-docker-compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml up -d
+docker compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml build $*
+docker compose -f harness-docker-compose.yml up -d