diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ba96101280..82dff43dc1 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # compose
-IMAGE_VERSION=v0.6.1-beta
+IMAGE_VERSION=v1.0.0
 IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/demo
 
 # Collector
diff --git a/docs/docker_deployment.md b/docs/docker_deployment.md
index 4abfca99e0..a71662f9ca 100644
--- a/docs/docker_deployment.md
+++ b/docs/docker_deployment.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ cd opentelemetry-demo/
 docker compose up --no-build
 ```
 
+> **Note:** If you're running on Apple Silicon, please run `docker compose
+> build` in order to create local images vs. pulling them from the repository.
+
 **Note:** The `--no-build` flag is used to fetch released docker images from
 [ghcr](http://ghcr.io/open-telemetry/demo) instead of building from source.
 Removing the `--no-build` command line option will rebuild all images from