diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ccc32c58..be393dce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ docs
 inst/doc
 dev
 !dev/Makefile
+!dev/extract_irods_services_yaml.R
 *.irods
 /doc/
 /Meta/
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index faa5ea1b..1581c7c6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Imports:
     stats,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     utils,
-    withr
+    withr,
+    yaml
 Suggests: 
     httptest2,
     kableExtra,
diff --git a/R/docker-yaml.R b/R/docker-yaml.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d70827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/docker-yaml.R
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+get_docker_compose_path <- function() {
+  system.file("irods_demo/docker-compose.yml", package = "rirods")
+}
+
+get_docker_yaml <- function() {
+  docker_compose_file <- yaml::read_yaml(get_docker_compose_path(), handlers = list(
+    # make sure that sequences of size one are read as list
+    # (defaults to vector of length one)
+    seq = function(x) {
+      x <- as.list(x)
+      x
+    }
+  ))
+}
+
+is_irods_service_in_yaml <- function(services, docker_compose_file) {
+  docker_compose_service_names <- names(docker_compose_file[["services"]])
+  irods_services_pattern <- paste0(services, collapse = "|")
+  grepl(irods_services_pattern, docker_compose_service_names)
+}
+
+extract_irods_services_names <- function(services) {
+  docker_compose_file <- get_docker_yaml()
+  list(names(docker_compose_file[["services"]])[is_irods_service_in_yaml(services, docker_compose_file)]) |>
+    setNames(docker_compose_file[["name"]])
+}
diff --git a/R/irods-demo.R b/R/irods-demo.R
index a78bd4b6..ac790df4 100644
--- a/R/irods-demo.R
+++ b/R/irods-demo.R
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ use_irods_demo <- function(user = character(), pass = character(),
   if (length(user) != 0 && length(pass) != 0) {
     system2(
       system.file(package = "rirods", "shell_scripts", "iadmin-docker-icommand.sh"),
-      Map(shQuote, c(user, pass)),
+      append(system.file("irods_demo", package = "rirods"), Map(shQuote, c(user, pass))),
       stdout = FALSE,
       stderr = FALSE
     )
@@ -118,17 +118,15 @@ stop_irods_demo <- function(verbose = TRUE) {
 #' @examples
 #' is_irods_demo_running()
 is_irods_demo_running <- function(...) {
-  # first check if Docker exist
+  # first check if Docker exists
   if (!check_docker(FALSE)) {
     return(FALSE)
   }
-  # then check if images exist
+  # then check if images exists
   if (!check_irods_images()) {
     return(FALSE)
   }
-  # check for client-icommand is not required (only needed for demo itself)
   ref <- irods_containers_ref()
-  ref <- ref[ref != "irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1"]
   irods_containers_state <-
     vapply(ref, is_irods_demo_running_, integer(1))
 
@@ -163,9 +161,9 @@ remove_docker_images <- function() {
 
 start_irods <- function(verbose, recreate = TRUE) {
   if (isTRUE(recreate)) {
-    cmd <- " ; docker compose up -d --force-recreate nginx-reverse-proxy irods-client-http-api irods-client-icommands"
+    cmd <- " ; docker compose up -d --force-recreate "
   } else {
-    cmd <- " ; docker compose up -d nginx-reverse-proxy irods-client-http-api irods-client-icommands"
+    cmd <- " ; docker compose up -d "
   }
   system(
     paste0("cd ", path_to_demo(), cmd),
@@ -192,6 +190,7 @@ dry_run_irods <- function(user, pass, host, lpath, verbose, user_input = FALSE)
     }
     if (isTRUE(user_input)) {
       if (verbose) message("\nRecreating iRODS demo. This may take a while!\n")
+      stop_irods_demo()
       start_irods(verbose, recreate = TRUE)
     } else{
       stop("The iRODS server could not be started!", call. = FALSE)
@@ -219,6 +218,7 @@ is_http_server_running_correct <- function(user, pass, host, lpath) {
 is_irods_server_running_correct <- function() {
   system2(
     system.file(package = "rirods", "shell_scripts", "dry-run-irods-icommands.sh"),
+    system.file("irods_demo", package = "rirods"),
     stdout = FALSE,
     stderr = FALSE
   ) == 0
@@ -262,19 +262,16 @@ check_docker <- function(verbose = TRUE) {
   !(Sys.which("bash") == "" || Sys.which("docker") == "" || docker_version == "")
 }
 
-irods_containers_ref <- function() {
-  irods_demo_yml <- system.file("irods_demo", "docker-compose.yml", package = "rirods")
-  irods_demo_file <- readLines(irods_demo_yml)
-  irods_images_ref <- grep("^\\s{4}[[:graph:]]*?:$", irods_demo_file)
-  irods_images <- irods_demo_file[irods_images_ref]
-  paste0("irods-demo-", trimws(gsub( ":$", "", irods_images)), "-1")
+irods_containers_ref <- function(services = c("nginx", "http-api", "icommands", "catalog")) {
+  docker_compose_service_names = extract_irods_services_names(services)
+  paste0(names(docker_compose_service_names), "-", docker_compose_service_names[[1]], "-1")
 }
 
 irods_images <- c(
   "irods-demo-irods-catalog",
+  "irods-demo-irods-catalog-consumer",
   "irods-demo-irods-catalog-provider",
   "irods-demo-irods-client-icommands",
-  "irods-demo-irods-client-rest-cpp",
   "irods-demo-nginx-reverse-proxy",
   "irods/irods_http_api"
 )
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 0587342d..5ef93733 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 .onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
   ns <- topenv()
-  ns$.irods_host <- "http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.2.0"
+  ns$.irods_host <- "http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index c5ed53c5..1b92482d 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ substitute(create_irods(x), list(x = rirods:::.irods_host))
 ```
 
 ```{r project, eval=is_irods_demo_running(), echo=FALSE}
-eval(substitute(create_irods(x), list(x = rirods:::.irods_host)))
+eval(substitute(create_irods(x), list(x = URLencode(rirods:::.irods_host))))
 ```
 
 ### Authentication
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7509ff9d..50c9b7e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Launch a local demonstration iRODS service (including the HTTP API):
     use_irods_demo("alice", "passWORD")
 
 This will result in the demonstration HTTP API running at
-<http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.2.0>.
+<http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.4.0>.
 
 These Docker containers are designed to easily stand up a
 **DEMONSTRATION** of the iRODS server. It is intended for education and
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ To connect to the HTTP API endpoint of your choice, load `rirods`,
 connect with `create_irods()`, and authenticate with your iRODS
 credentials:
 
-    create_irods("http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.2.0")
+    create_irods("http://localhost:9001/irods-http-api/0.4.0")
 
 ### Authentication
 
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ session to an iRODS collection. For this, use the `isaveRDS()` command:
 
     # check where we are in the iRODS namespace
     ipwd()
-    #> [1] "/tempZone/home/alice"
 
     # store data in iRODS
     isaveRDS(foo, "foo.rds")
@@ -89,12 +88,6 @@ describes the data object “foo”:
 
     # check if file is stored with associated metadata
     ils(metadata = TRUE)
-    #> 
-    #> ==========
-    #> iRODS Zone
-    #> ==========
-    #>                  logical_path attribute value units
-    #>  /tempZone/home/alice/foo.rds       foo   bar   baz
 
 For more on using metadata, check out `vignette("metadata")`.
 
@@ -105,10 +98,6 @@ current R session, she would use `ireadRDS()`:
 
     # retrieve in native R format
     ireadRDS("foo.rds")
-    #>   x y
-    #> 1 1 x
-    #> 2 8 y
-    #> 3 9 z
 
 ### Other file formats
 
@@ -126,13 +115,6 @@ a file type that can be accessed by other programs. For this, use the
 
     # check whether it is stored
     ils()
-    #> 
-    #> ==========
-    #> iRODS Zone
-    #> ==========
-    #>                  logical_path
-    #>  /tempZone/home/alice/foo.csv
-    #>  /tempZone/home/alice/foo.rds
 
 Later on somebody else might want to download this file again and store
 it locally:
@@ -140,20 +122,6 @@ it locally:
     # retrieve it again later
     iget("foo.csv", "foo.csv")
     read_csv("foo.csv")
-    #> Rows: 3 Columns: 2
-    #> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    #> Delimiter: ","
-    #> chr (1): y
-    #> dbl (1): x
-    #> 
-    #> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
-    #> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
-    #> # A tibble: 3 × 2
-    #>       x y    
-    #>   <dbl> <chr>
-    #> 1     1 x    
-    #> 2     8 y    
-    #> 3     9 z
 
 ### Query
 
@@ -163,15 +131,9 @@ future projects. Objects can be searched with General Queries and
 
     # look for objects in the home collection with a wildcard `%`
     iquery("SELECT COLL_NAME, DATA_NAME WHERE COLL_NAME LIKE '/tempZone/home/%'")
-    #>              COLL_NAME DATA_NAME
-    #> 1 /tempZone/home/alice   foo.csv
-    #> 2 /tempZone/home/alice   foo.rds
 
     # or for data objects with a name that starts with "foo"
     iquery("SELECT COLL_NAME, DATA_NAME WHERE DATA_NAME LIKE 'foo%'")
-    #>              COLL_NAME DATA_NAME
-    #> 1 /tempZone/home/alice   foo.csv
-    #> 2 /tempZone/home/alice   foo.rds
 
 For more on querying, check out `vignette("metadata")`.
 
@@ -185,7 +147,6 @@ Finally, we can clean up Alice’s home collection:
 
     # check if objects are removed
     ils()
-    #> This collection does not contain any objects or collections.
 
     # close the server
     stop_irods_demo()
diff --git a/dev/Makefile b/dev/Makefile
index aff12173..5408bb8a 100644
--- a/dev/Makefile
+++ b/dev/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # prepare for CRAN by removing unneeded irods_demo bagage
 .ONESHELL:
 SHELL = /bin/bash
-PATH_MODULES := ../inst/irods_demo
-DOCKER_MODULES := $(addprefix $(PATH_MODULES)/,irods_client_nfsrods irods_client_zone_management_tool metalnx-db metalnx minio-data)
+PATH_MODULES := ../inst/irods_demo/.
+IRODS_MODULES := nginx http icommands catalog
+SPACE = $(eval) $(eval)
+DOCKER_MODULES = $(subst $(SPACE),\|,$(IRODS_MODULES))
+DOCKER_MODULES_REGEX = ".*\($(DOCKER_MODULES)\).*"
 
-all: update remove clean
+.PHONY: update clean
+
+all: update clean
 
-# update modules
 update:
 	git submodule sync --recursive
 	git submodule update --init --force --recursive --remote
-# delete unnecessary docker modules
-remove:
-	rm -rf $(DOCKER_MODULES)
-# remove lines docker-compose
 clean:
-	head -n 65 '$(PATH_MODULES)/docker-compose.yml' > temp.yml
-	mv temp.yml '$(PATH_MODULES)/docker-compose.yml'
+	$(shell find $(PATH_MODULES) -type d ! -regex $(DOCKER_MODULES_REGEX) -exec rm -rf {} +)
+	Rscript extract_irods_services_yaml.R $(DOCKER_MODULES)
diff --git a/dev/extract_irods_services_yaml.R b/dev/extract_irods_services_yaml.R
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5f10cc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/extract_irods_services_yaml.R
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env Rscript --vanilla
+
+args <- commandArgs(trailingOnly = TRUE)
+
+devtools::load_all()
+
+extract_irods_services <- function(services = args[1]) {
+  new_docker_compose_file <- docker_compose_file <- get_docker_yaml()
+  grep_services <- is_irods_service_in_yaml(services, docker_compose_file)
+  new_docker_compose_file[["services"]] <- docker_compose_file[["services"]][grep_services]
+  yaml::write_yaml(new_docker_compose_file,  get_docker_compose_path())
+  invisible(NULL)
+}
+
+extract_irods_services()
diff --git a/inst/irods_demo b/inst/irods_demo
index a30e0263..5e15c903 160000
--- a/inst/irods_demo
+++ b/inst/irods_demo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a30e0263d9c45c63ecf0ef8226af954b51ef4551
+Subproject commit 5e15c90313f3291d02a51d2118d189ca90ba16fa
diff --git a/inst/shell_scripts/dry-run-irods-icommands.sh b/inst/shell_scripts/dry-run-irods-icommands.sh
index cfb68ab6..77276c24 100755
--- a/inst/shell_scripts/dry-run-irods-icommands.sh
+++ b/inst/shell_scripts/dry-run-irods-icommands.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+DIR=$(realpath $1)
 
 cd $DIR
-cd ../irods_demo
 
 docker exec irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1 ils
diff --git a/inst/shell_scripts/iadmin-docker-icommand.sh b/inst/shell_scripts/iadmin-docker-icommand.sh
index 2bc1b1e9..0f46062c 100755
--- a/inst/shell_scripts/iadmin-docker-icommand.sh
+++ b/inst/shell_scripts/iadmin-docker-icommand.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-
-cd $DIR
-cd ../irods_demo
+DIR=$(realpath $1)
 
 docker compose up -d irods-client-icommands
-docker exec irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1 iadmin mkuser "$1" rodsuser
-docker exec irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1 iadmin moduser "$1" password "$2"
+docker exec irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1 iadmin mkuser "$2" rodsuser
+docker exec irods-demo-irods-client-icommands-1 iadmin moduser "$2" password "$3"
diff --git a/renv.lock b/renv.lock
index 4b0a6c50..1547654f 100644
--- a/renv.lock
+++ b/renv.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "R": {
-    "Version": "4.3.3",
+    "Version": "4.4.1",
     "Repositories": [
       {
         "Name": "CRAN",
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@
     },
     "brio": {
       "Package": "brio",
-      "Version": "1.1.4",
+      "Version": "1.1.5",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R"
       ],
-      "Hash": "68bd2b066e1fe780bbf62fc8bcc36de3"
+      "Hash": "c1ee497a6d999947c2c224ae46799b1a"
     },
     "callr": {
       "Package": "callr",
-      "Version": "3.7.5",
+      "Version": "3.7.6",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -50,22 +50,22 @@
         "processx",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "9f0e4fae4963ba775a5e5c520838c87b"
+      "Hash": "d7e13f49c19103ece9e58ad2d83a7354"
     },
     "cli": {
       "Package": "cli",
-      "Version": "3.6.2",
+      "Version": "3.6.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "1216ac65ac55ec0058a6f75d7ca0fd52"
+      "Hash": "b21916dd77a27642b447374a5d30ecf3"
     },
     "crayon": {
       "Package": "crayon",
-      "Version": "1.5.2",
+      "Version": "1.5.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@
         "methods",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "e8a1e41acf02548751f45c718d55aa6a"
+      "Hash": "859d96e65ef198fd43e82b9628d593ef"
     },
     "curl": {
       "Package": "curl",
-      "Version": "5.2.1",
+      "Version": "5.2.2",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R"
       ],
-      "Hash": "411ca2c03b1ce5f548345d2fc2685f7a"
+      "Hash": "8f27335f2bcff4d6035edcc82d7d46de"
     },
     "desc": {
       "Package": "desc",
@@ -115,25 +115,25 @@
     },
     "digest": {
       "Package": "digest",
-      "Version": "0.6.34",
+      "Version": "0.6.37",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "7ede2ee9ea8d3edbf1ca84c1e333ad1a"
+      "Hash": "33698c4b3127fc9f506654607fb73676"
     },
     "evaluate": {
       "Package": "evaluate",
-      "Version": "0.23",
+      "Version": "0.24.0",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "methods"
       ],
-      "Hash": "daf4a1246be12c1fa8c7705a0935c1a0"
+      "Hash": "a1066cbc05caee9a4bf6d90f194ff4da"
     },
     "fansi": {
       "Package": "fansi",
@@ -149,14 +149,14 @@
     },
     "fs": {
       "Package": "fs",
-      "Version": "1.6.3",
+      "Version": "1.6.4",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "methods"
       ],
-      "Hash": "47b5f30c720c23999b913a1a635cf0bb"
+      "Hash": "15aeb8c27f5ea5161f9f6a641fafd93a"
     },
     "glue": {
       "Package": "glue",
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     },
     "httr2": {
       "Package": "httr2",
-      "Version": "1.0.0",
+      "Version": "1.0.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         "vctrs",
         "withr"
       ],
-      "Hash": "e2b30f1fc039a0bab047dd52bb20ef71"
+      "Hash": "10d93e97faad6b629301bb3a2fd23378"
     },
     "jsonlite": {
       "Package": "jsonlite",
@@ -225,13 +225,13 @@
     },
     "openssl": {
       "Package": "openssl",
-      "Version": "2.1.1",
+      "Version": "2.2.1",
       "Source": "Repository",
-      "Repository": "RSPM",
+      "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "askpass"
       ],
-      "Hash": "2a0dc8c6adfb6f032e4d4af82d258ab5"
+      "Hash": "c62edf62de70cadf40553e10c739049d"
     },
     "pillar": {
       "Package": "pillar",
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
     },
     "pkgbuild": {
       "Package": "pkgbuild",
-      "Version": "1.4.3",
+      "Version": "1.4.4",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
         "desc",
         "processx"
       ],
-      "Hash": "c0143443203205e6a2760ce553dafc24"
+      "Hash": "a29e8e134a460a01e0ca67a4763c595b"
     },
     "pkgconfig": {
       "Package": "pkgconfig",
@@ -277,24 +277,25 @@
     },
     "pkgload": {
       "Package": "pkgload",
-      "Version": "1.3.4",
+      "Version": "1.4.0",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "cli",
-        "crayon",
         "desc",
         "fs",
         "glue",
+        "lifecycle",
         "methods",
         "pkgbuild",
+        "processx",
         "rlang",
         "rprojroot",
         "utils",
         "withr"
       ],
-      "Hash": "876c618df5ae610be84356d5d7a5d124"
+      "Hash": "2ec30ffbeec83da57655b850cf2d3e0e"
     },
     "praise": {
       "Package": "praise",
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@
     },
     "processx": {
       "Package": "processx",
-      "Version": "3.8.3",
+      "Version": "3.8.4",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -314,18 +315,18 @@
         "ps",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "82d48b1aec56084d9438dbf98087a7e9"
+      "Hash": "0c90a7d71988856bad2a2a45dd871bb9"
     },
     "ps": {
       "Package": "ps",
-      "Version": "1.7.6",
+      "Version": "1.7.7",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "dd2b9319ee0656c8acf45c7f40c59de7"
+      "Hash": "878b467580097e9c383acbb16adab57a"
     },
     "rappdirs": {
       "Package": "rappdirs",
@@ -349,24 +350,24 @@
     },
     "renv": {
       "Package": "renv",
-      "Version": "1.0.5",
+      "Version": "1.0.7",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "32c3f93e8360f667ca5863272ec8ba6a"
+      "Hash": "397b7b2a265bc5a7a06852524dabae20"
     },
     "rlang": {
       "Package": "rlang",
-      "Version": "1.1.3",
+      "Version": "1.1.4",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "42548638fae05fd9a9b5f3f437fbbbe2"
+      "Hash": "3eec01f8b1dee337674b2e34ab1f9bc1"
     },
     "rprojroot": {
       "Package": "rprojroot",
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@
     },
     "testthat": {
       "Package": "testthat",
-      "Version": "3.2.1",
+      "Version": "3.2.1.1",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@
         "waldo",
         "withr"
       ],
-      "Hash": "4767a686ebe986e6cb01d075b3f09729"
+      "Hash": "3f6e7e5e2220856ff865e4834766bf2b"
     },
     "tibble": {
       "Package": "tibble",
@@ -459,25 +460,24 @@
     },
     "waldo": {
       "Package": "waldo",
-      "Version": "0.5.2",
+      "Version": "0.5.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "cli",
         "diffobj",
-        "fansi",
         "glue",
         "methods",
         "rematch2",
         "rlang",
         "tibble"
       ],
-      "Hash": "c7d3fd6d29ab077cbac8f0e2751449e6"
+      "Hash": "16aa934a49658677d8041df9017329b9"
     },
     "withr": {
       "Package": "withr",
-      "Version": "3.0.0",
+      "Version": "3.0.1",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "CRAN",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
         "grDevices",
         "graphics"
       ],
-      "Hash": "d31b6c62c10dcf11ec530ca6b0dd5d35"
+      "Hash": "07909200e8bbe90426fbfeb73e1e27aa"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/renv/activate.R b/renv/activate.R
index 9b2e7f18..9daa13a3 100644
--- a/renv/activate.R
+++ b/renv/activate.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 local({
 
   # the requested version of renv
-  version <- "1.0.5"
+  version <- "1.0.7"
   attr(version, "sha") <- NULL
 
   # the project directory
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-docker-yaml.R b/tests/testthat/test-docker-yaml.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67048c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-docker-yaml.R
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+test_that("docker compose yaml can be found and loaded", {
+  skip_on_os("windows")
+  path <- get_docker_compose_path()
+  expect_equal(path,
+               system.file("irods_demo/docker-compose.yml", package = "rirods"))
+  expect_vector(get_docker_yaml())
+  expect_equal(any(is_irods_service_in_yaml("nginx", get_docker_yaml())), TRUE)
+  ref <- list(c(
+    "irods-catalog",
+    "irods-catalog-provider",
+    "irods-catalog-consumer",
+    "irods-client-icommands",
+    "irods-client-http-api",
+    "nginx-reverse-proxy"
+  )) |> setNames("irods-demo")
+  expect_equal(extract_irods_services_names(c(
+    "nginx", "http-api", "icommands", "catalog"
+  )), ref)
+})