diff --git a/assets/examples/docker-compose.yml b/assets/examples/docker-compose.yml
index bab29f90ca..ec19a53a2f 100644
--- a/assets/examples/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/assets/examples/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
 services:
   opensearch-node1: # This is also the hostname of the container within the Docker network (i.e. https://opensearch-node1/)
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:latest
@@ -65,4 +64,3 @@ volumes:
 
 networks:
   opensearch-net:
-  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 04dd007db9..9759341704 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 services:
   doc_builder:
     image: ruby:3.2.4