diff --git a/docker-compose.api.yaml b/docker-compose.api.yaml
index f19974e7d..8f8fbe59a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.api.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.api.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     # Expose Ollama API outside the container stack
diff --git a/docker-compose.data.yaml b/docker-compose.data.yaml
index a8f9f77b0..4b70601f8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.data.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.data.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.gpu.yaml b/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
index 424f485a1..de821235d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     # GPU support
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 9daba312a..74249febd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     volumes: