diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-api-policy-source-example.yml b/docker/docker-compose-api-policy-source-example.yml
index a91997e4e..219381598 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-api-policy-source-example.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-api-policy-source-example.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-example-cedar.yml b/docker/docker-compose-example-cedar.yml
index a3170e575..38e5509a6 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-example-cedar.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-example-cedar.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-example.yml b/docker/docker-compose-example.yml
index 13855734b..36c52db58 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-example.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-example.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-git-webhook.yml b/docker/docker-compose-git-webhook.yml
index c5a394270..388ced755 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-git-webhook.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-git-webhook.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-scopes-example.yml b/docker/docker-compose-scopes-example.yml
index 789ebea5a..9a3c1f162 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-scopes-example.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-scopes-example.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   redis:
     image: redis
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-callbacks.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-callbacks.yml
index b47e39bcb..ca75903e6 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-callbacks.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-callbacks.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-kafka-example.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-kafka-example.yml
index ec4f113e2..1289e0592 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-kafka-example.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-kafka-example.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 
 services:
   # Based on: https://developer.confluent.io/quickstart/kafka-docker/
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-oauth-initial.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-oauth-initial.yml
index 98b647e88..6a121e719 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-oauth-initial.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-oauth-initial.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-rate-limiting.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-rate-limiting.yml
index b5fb169b4..6f10caf5e 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-rate-limiting.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-rate-limiting.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # This docker compose example shows how to configure OPAL's rate limiting feature
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-security.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-security.yml
index ad3ae6186..2c27a711f 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-security.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-security.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # this docker compose file is relying on external environment variables!
 # run it by running the script: ./run-example-with-security.sh
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-with-statistics.yml b/docker/docker-compose-with-statistics.yml
index daf10fa02..eb26daef4 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-with-statistics.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-with-statistics.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   # When scaling the opal-server to multiple nodes and/or multiple workers, we use
   # a *broadcast* channel to sync between all the instances of opal-server.
diff --git a/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose-config/overview.mdx b/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose-config/overview.mdx
index 1d11235e3..f404a6c3b 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose-config/overview.mdx
+++ b/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose-config/overview.mdx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ This example is running three containers that we have mentioned at the beginning
 Here is an overview of the whole `docker-compose.yml` file, but don't worry, we will be referring to each section separately.
 
 ```yml showLineNumbers
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   broadcast_channel:
     image: postgres:alpine
diff --git a/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/opal-playground/updating-the-policy.mdx b/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/opal-playground/updating-the-policy.mdx
index f0c632f58..24e9a3461 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/opal-playground/updating-the-policy.mdx
+++ b/documentation/docs/getting-started/quickstart/opal-playground/updating-the-policy.mdx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ opal_server:
 You can also simply change the tracked repo in the example `docker-compose.yml` file by editing these variables:
 
 ```yml {7,9,11} showLineNumbers
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   ...
   opal_server: