diff --git a/cmd/tracegen/docker-compose.yml b/cmd/tracegen/docker-compose.yml
index e4105261726..a6f07516c43 100644
--- a/cmd/tracegen/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cmd/tracegen/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
     jaeger:
       image: jaegertracing/all-in-one:latest
diff --git a/crossdock/docker-compose.yml b/crossdock/docker-compose.yml
index 4bcfd782ef6..fe88cd2e631 100644
--- a/crossdock/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/crossdock/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
     crossdock:
         image: crossdock/crossdock
diff --git a/crossdock/jaeger-docker-compose.yml b/crossdock/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
index 877b752e355..ef90fea73a4 100644
--- a/crossdock/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/crossdock/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
     jaeger-remote-storage:
       image: jaegertracing/jaeger-remote-storage
diff --git a/docker-compose/cassandra/v3/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/cassandra/v3/docker-compose.yaml
index fefe7cc53fa..fdca44acfe7 100644
--- a/docker-compose/cassandra/v3/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/cassandra/v3/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   cassandra:
     image: cassandra:3.11
diff --git a/docker-compose/cassandra/v4/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/cassandra/v4/docker-compose.yaml
index c54e71b1bb3..2b8ef6d38f6 100644
--- a/docker-compose/cassandra/v4/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/cassandra/v4/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   cassandra:
     image: cassandra:4.1
diff --git a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v6/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v6/docker-compose.yml
index fdce40870e9..7fcc6b81671 100644
--- a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v6/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v6/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss:6.8.23
diff --git a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v7/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v7/docker-compose.yml
index a608b214eef..14ef1e7f138 100644
--- a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v7/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v7/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.17.22
diff --git a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v8/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v8/docker-compose.yml
index 02b2b1e413e..5de4f2c35bd 100644
--- a/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v8/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/elasticsearch/v8/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.14.1
diff --git a/docker-compose/jaeger-docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
index c478beb0e28..1d024e1521c 100644
--- a/docker-compose/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/jaeger-docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
     hotrod:
       image: jaegertracing/example-hotrod:latest
diff --git a/docker-compose/kafka-integration-test/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/kafka-integration-test/docker-compose.yml
index f4597201db4..73859560643 100644
--- a/docker-compose/kafka-integration-test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/kafka-integration-test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   kafka:
     image: bitnami/kafka:3.7.0
diff --git a/docker-compose/kafka/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/kafka/docker-compose.yml
index 243ff1d3ed3..9eb2130559c 100644
--- a/docker-compose/kafka/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/kafka/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "2.1"
-
 services:
   zookeeper:
     image: bitnami/zookeeper
diff --git a/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose-v2.yml b/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose-v2.yml
index 5bddd2cc658..890ab856849 100644
--- a/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose-v2.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose-v2.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
 services:
   jaeger:
     networks:
diff --git a/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose.yml
index 3f288201eb9..ac6b03b620b 100644
--- a/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/monitor/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
 services:
   jaeger:
     networks:
diff --git a/docker-compose/opensearch/v1/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/opensearch/v1/docker-compose.yml
index 09a1cdc4715..8a95bb702f3 100644
--- a/docker-compose/opensearch/v1/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/opensearch/v1/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   opensearch:
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:1.3.17
diff --git a/docker-compose/opensearch/v2/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/opensearch/v2/docker-compose.yml
index 4c0c6ddfc0d..6738f208271 100644
--- a/docker-compose/opensearch/v2/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/opensearch/v2/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   opensearch:
     image: opensearchproject/opensearch:2.15.0
diff --git a/examples/grafana-integration/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/grafana-integration/docker-compose.yaml
index 8751a58f47e..e5031b4ac35 100644
--- a/examples/grafana-integration/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/grafana-integration/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
   grafana:
     image: grafana/grafana:10.2.2
diff --git a/examples/hotrod/docker-compose-v2.yml b/examples/hotrod/docker-compose-v2.yml
index 062cfe7703e..29b0491a030 100644
--- a/examples/hotrod/docker-compose-v2.yml
+++ b/examples/hotrod/docker-compose-v2.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 # To run a specific version of Jaeger, use environment variable, e.g.:
 #     JAEGER_VERSION=1.52 docker compose up
 
diff --git a/examples/hotrod/docker-compose.yml b/examples/hotrod/docker-compose.yml
index 048de7de59e..4566e2863da 100644
--- a/examples/hotrod/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/hotrod/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 # To run a specific version of Jaeger, use environment variable, e.g.:
 #     JAEGER_VERSION=1.52 docker compose up
 
diff --git a/examples/reverse-proxy/docker-compose.yml b/examples/reverse-proxy/docker-compose.yml
index 0e368ffbd4f..9521e9e511f 100644
--- a/examples/reverse-proxy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/reverse-proxy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
-
 services:
   jaeger:
     image: jaegertracing/all-in-one:latest